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Liu C, Sun J, Tan WL, Lu J, Gengenbach TR, McNeill CR, Ge Z, Cheng YB, Bach U. Alkali Cation Doping for Improving the Structural Stability of 2D Perovskite in 3D/2D PSCs. Nano Lett 2020; 20:1240-1251. [PMID: 31960676 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
Abstract
3D/2D hybrid perovskite systems have been intensively investigated to improve the stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), whereas undesired crystallization of 2D perovskite during the film formation process could undermine the structural stability of 2D perovskite materials, which causes serious hysteresis of PSCs after aging. This issue is, however, rarely studied. The stability study for 3D/2D hybrid systems to date is all under the one-direction scan, and the lack of detailed information on the hysteresis after aging compromises the credibility of the stability results. In this work, by correlating the hysteresis of the hybrid PSCs with the 2D crystal structure, we find that the prompt 2D perovskite formation process easily induces numerous crystal imperfections and structural defects. These defects are susceptible to humidity attack and decompose the 2D perovskite to insulating long-chain cations and 3D perovskite, which hinder charge transfer or generate charge accumulation. Therefore, a large hysteresis is exhibited after aging the 3D/2D hybrid PSCs in an ambient environment, even though the reverse-scan power conversion efficiency (PCE) is found to be well-preserved. To address this issue, alkali cations, K+ and Rb+, are introduced into the 2D perovskite to exquisitely modulate the crystal formation, which gives rise to a higher crystallinity of 2D perovskite and a better film morphology with fewer defects. We achieved PCE beyond 21% due to the preferable charge transfer process and reduced nonradiative recombination losses. The structural features also bring about impressive moisture stability, which results in the corresponding PSCs retaining 93% of its initial PCE and negligible hysteresis after aging in an ambient atmosphere for 1200 h.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chang Liu
- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Ningbo 315201 , People's Republic of China
- Department of Chemical Engineering , Monash University , Victoria 3800 , Australia
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Monash University , Victoria 3800 , Australia
| | - Wen Liang Tan
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Monash University , Victoria 3800 , Australia
| | - Jianfeng Lu
- Department of Chemical Engineering , Monash University , Victoria 3800 , Australia
| | | | - Christopher R McNeill
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Monash University , Victoria 3800 , Australia
| | - Ziyi Ge
- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Ningbo 315201 , People's Republic of China
| | - Yi-Bing Cheng
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Monash University , Victoria 3800 , Australia
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing , Wuhan University of Technology , Wuhan 430070 , China
| | - Udo Bach
- Department of Chemical Engineering , Monash University , Victoria 3800 , Australia
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