Efficient Wide-Bandgap Mixed-Cation and Mixed-Halide Perovskite Solar Cells by Vacuum Deposition

Overview

Journal ACS Energy Lett

Publisher American Chemical Society

Date 2021 Sep 27

PMID 34568574

Citations 12

Authors

Lidon Gil-Escrig

Chris Dreessen

Francisco Palazon

Zafer Hawash

Ellen Moons

Steve Albrecht

Michele Sessolo

Henk J Bolink

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Abstract

Vacuum deposition methods are increasingly applied to the preparation of perovskite films and devices, in view of the possibility to prepare multilayer structures at low temperature. Vacuum-deposited, wide-bandgap solar cells based on mixed-cation and mixed-anion perovskites have been scarcely reported, due to the challenges associated with the multiple-source processing of perovskite thin films. In this work, we describe a four-source vacuum deposition process to prepare wide-bandgap perovskites of the type FA Cs Pb(I Br ) with a tunable bandgap and controlled morphology, using FAI, CsI, PbI, and PbBr as the precursors. The simultaneous sublimation of PbI and PbBr allows the relative Br/Cs content to be decoupled and controlled, resulting in homogeneous perovskite films with a bandgap in the 1.7-1.8 eV range and no detectable halide segregation. Solar cells based on 1.75 eV bandgap perovskites show efficiency up to 16.8% and promising stability, maintaining 90% of the initial efficiency after 2 weeks of operation.

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