Key parameters of two typical intercalation reactions to prepare hybrid inorganic-organic perovskite films

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/27/1/018807

Abstract A star hybrid inorganic-organic perovskite material selected as an outstanding absorbing layer in solar cells benefits from multiple preparation techniques and excellent photoelectric characteristics. Among numerous synthetic processes, uniform, compact, and multi-stack perovskite thin films can be manufactured using vacuum deposition. During sequential vacuum deposition, the penetration ability of the organic molecules cannot be effectively controlled. In addition, the relationship between the thickness of the inorganic seeding layer and the organic molecule concentration for optimized devices using an evaporation-solution method is unclear. In this work, we prepared high-quality perovskite films by effectively controlling the penetration ability and chemical quantity of organic methyl ammonium iodide by monitoring the evaporation pressure and time. Thus, a device efficiency of over 15% was achieved with an all-vacuum prepared perovskite film. For the evaporation-solution method, we reacted different thicknesses of inorganic lead iodine with various concentrations of the organic molecule solution. The inorganic layer thickness and organic molecule concentration showed a linear relationship to achieve an optimum perovskite film, and an empirical formula was obtained. This work noted the key parameters of two intercalation reactions to prepare perovskite films, which paves a way to deliver a device that enables multi-layered structures, such as tandem solar cells.

Keywords: perovskite solar cell sequential vacuum deposition evaporation-solution method intercalation reaction

Received: 06 October 2017
Revised: 24 November 2017
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PACS:	88.40.H-	(Solar cells (photovoltaics))
	88.40.hj	(Efficiency and performance of solar cells)
	88.40.fh	(Advanced materials development)
	91.60.Ed	(Crystal structure and defects, microstructure)

Fund: Project supported by the International Cooperation Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology, China (Grant No. 2014DFE60170), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61474065 and 61674084), Tianjin Research Key Program of Application Foundation and Advanced Technology, China (Grant No. 15JCZDJC31300), Key Project in the Science & Technology Pillar Program of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. BE2014147-3), and the 111 Project, China (Grant No. B16027).

Corresponding Authors: Xiaodan Zhang
E-mail: xdzhang@nankai.edu.cn

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Biao Shi(石标), Sheng Guo(郭升), Changchun Wei(魏长春), Baozhang Li(李宝璋), Yi Ding(丁毅), Yuelong Li(李跃龙), Qing Wan(万青), Ying Zhao(赵颖), Xiaodan Zhang(张晓丹) Key parameters of two typical intercalation reactions to prepare hybrid inorganic-organic perovskite films 2018 Chin. Phys. B 27 018807

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