September 16, 2022 by Science China Press Metal halide perovskites (ABX 3 ) have emerged as promising candidates for various optoelectronic applications due to their excellent optoelectronic properties and low-cost fabrication. At present, the light-absorbing layer of the highest-efficiency single-junction perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is almost all based on FAPbI 3 perovskite, achieving power conversion efficiency (PCE) that is comparable to commercial crystalline silicon cells. googletag.
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Composition engineering such as A/X-site alloying has been developed to stabilize the black-phase FAPbI 3 . Notably, alloying FA + with Cs + to form pure-iodide FA-Cs perovskite (FA 1-x Cs x PbI 3 ) is an ideal approach to obtain PSCs with high efficiency and stability. However, due to the complex crystallization kinetics between FAPbI 3 and CsPbI 3 , FA 1-x Cs x PbI 3 perovskite prepared by typical one-step (1S) crystallization exhibits poor compositional homogeneity and high trap density, which limits the device performance and long-term stability.
To tackle this challenge, Professor Yixin Zhao from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and co-workers recently developed a strategy of sequential cesium incorporation (SCI) to decouple the crystallization of FA-Cs triiodide perovskite with highly efficient and stable PSCs achieved. In this work, cesium formate (HCOOCs) as a cesium source is sequentially introduced into high-quality FA precursor film. By cooperating with Professor Feng Gao from Linköping University, a new stabilization mechanism for Cs doping to stabilize FAPbI 3 is also revealed.
This research article is published in National Science Review . In their work, high-quality FA 1- x Cs x PbI 3 ( x =0. 05-0.
16) perovskites are obtained by the SCI method. The ratio of FA to Cs in these SCI-FA 1- x Cs x PbI 3 perovskites can be facilely tuned by adjusting the content of the cesium source. Compared with the conventional one-step-prepared 1S-FA 1- x Cs x PbI 3 perovskites, SCI-FA 1- x Cs x PbI 3 perovskites have demonstrated a much more uniform Cs distribution.
“The uniform composition distribution of Cs is the key to the enhancement of device performance,” Zhao says, while the PSCs based on SCI-FA 0. 91 Cs 0. 09 PbI 3 films achieved a PCE of 24.
7% (certified 23. 8%), which is the highest value among the FA-Cs triiodide PSCs reported so far. Moreover, the collaboration with Gao’s group further revealed a new stabilization mechanism for this Cs doping.
The incorporation of Cs into FAPbI 3 significantly reduces the electron-phonon coupling strength and lattice fluctuation, thereby suppressing ionic migration and the formation of iodide-rich clusters. As a result, the stability of FA-Cs based devices has been greatly improved. Overall, this work opens up new possibilities to strategically develop high-quality mixed-cation perovskites with good control over the crystallization kinetics, presenting a milestone towards the rational construction of highly efficient and stable perovskite-based optoelectronic applications, including but not limited to solar cells , light-emitting diodes , and lasers.
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