Issue 43, 2016

Constructing water-resistant CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite films via coordination interaction

Abstract

Organic–inorganic halide CH3NH3PbI3 (MAPbI3) perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted intensive attention due to their high power conversion efficiency and low fabrication cost. However, MAPbI3 is known to be very sensitive to humidity, and the intrinsic long-term stability of the MAPbI3 film remains a critical challenge. 2-Aminoethanethiol (2-AET) was used as a ligand to bridge the organic compound (MAI) and inorganic compound (PbI2), which restricted the fast growth of PbI2 to realize the synchronous growth environment of MAI and PbI2 crystals, resulting in the formation of a compact MAPbI3 film with polygonal grains. Due to the compact (PbI2)–2-AET–(MAI) molecule barrier layers in the MAPbI3 structure, the resulting perovskite films showed excellent intrinsic water-resistance, with the MAPbI3 perovskite crystal structure retained for a long time (>10 minutes) after immersion in water. This work makes a step towards obtaining long-term stable MAPbI3 perovskite devices.

Graphical abstract: Constructing water-resistant CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite films via coordination interaction

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Aug 2016
Accepted
28 Sep 2016
First published
10 Oct 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016,4, 17018-17024

Constructing water-resistant CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite films via coordination interaction

B. Li, C. Fei, K. Zheng, X. Qu, T. Pullerits, G. Cao and J. Tian, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 17018 DOI: 10.1039/C6TA06892H

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