Passivation properties and formation mechanism of amorphous halide perovskite thin films
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Abstract
Lead halide perovskites are among the most exciting classes of optoelectronic materials due to their unique ability to form high‐quality crystals with tunable bandgaps in the visible and near‐infrared using simple solution precipitation reactions. This facile crystallization is driven by their ionic nature; just as with other salts, it is challenging to form amorphous halide perovskites, particularly in thin‐film form where they can most easily be studied. Here, rapid desolvation promoted by the addition of acetate precursors is shown as a general method for making amorphous lead halide perovskite films with a wide variety of compositions, including those using common organic cations (methylammonium and formamidinium) and anions (bromide and iodide). By controlling the amount of acetate, it is possible to tune from fully crystalline to fully amorphous films, with an interesting intermediate state consisting of crystalline islands embedded in an amorphous matrix. The amorphous lead halide perovskite has a large and tunable optical bandgap. It improves the photoluminescence quantum yield and lifetime of incorporated crystalline perovskite, opening up the intriguing possibility of using amorphous perovskite as a passivating contact, as is currently done in record efficiency silicon solar cells.
Date Issued
2021-02-17
Date Acceptance
2021-02-01
Citation
Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 31 (15), pp.1-10
ISSN
1616-301X
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
1
End Page
10
Journal / Book Title
Advanced Functional Materials
Volume
31
Issue
15
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© 2021 The Authors. Advanced Functional Materials published by Wiley‐VCH GmbH
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry, Physical
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Physics, Applied
Physics, Condensed Matter
Chemistry
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Materials Science
Physics
amorphous films
chemical analysis
crystallization
halide perovskite
nucleation
photoluminescence
DIFFUSION LENGTHS
LIGHT
CRYSTALLIZATION
MICROMETER
CRYSTALS
DYNAMICS
CELLS
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 2010330
Date Publish Online
2021-02-17