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Phase Segregation Enhanced Ion Movement in Efficient Inorganic CsPbIBr 2 Solar Cells
Author(s) -
Li Wei,
Rothmann Mathias Uller,
Liu Amelia,
Wang Ziyu,
Zhang Yupeng,
Pascoe Alexander R.,
Lu Jianfeng,
Jiang Liangcong,
Chen Yu,
Huang Fuzhi,
Peng Yong,
Bao Qiaoliang,
Etheridge Joanne,
Bach Udo,
Cheng YiBing
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced energy materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.08
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1614-6840
pISSN - 1614-6832
DOI - 10.1002/aenm.201700946
Subject(s) - materials science , perovskite (structure) , grain boundary , crystallite , cathodoluminescence , energy conversion efficiency , photoluminescence , phase (matter) , perovskite solar cell , ion , hysteresis , focused ion beam , ion beam , optoelectronics , chemical physics , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemical engineering , microstructure , luminescence , condensed matter physics , composite material , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , chromatography , engineering , metallurgy
Organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells with mixed cations and mixed halides have achieved impressive power conversion efficiency of up to 22.1%. Phase segregation due to the mixed compositions has attracted wide concerns, and their nature and origin are still unclear. Some very useful analytical techniques are controversial in microstructural and chemical analyses due to electron beam‐induced damage to the “soft” hybrid perovskite materials. In this study photoluminescence, cathodoluminescence, and transmission electron microscopy are used to study charge carrier recombination and retrieve crystallographic and compositional information for all‐inorganic CsPbIBr 2 films on the nanoscale. It is found that under light and electron beam illumination, “iodide‐rich” CsPbI (1+ x ) Br (2− x ) phases form at grain boundaries as well as segregate as clusters inside the film. Phase segregation generates a high density of mobile ions moving along grain boundaries as ion migration “highways.” Finally, these mobile ions can pile up at the perovskite/TiO 2 interface resulting in formation of larger injection barriers, hampering electron extraction and leading to strong current density–voltage hysteresis in the polycrystalline perovskite solar cells. This explains why the planar CsPbIBr 2 solar cells exhibit significant hysteresis in efficiency measurements, showing an efficiency of up to 8.02% in the reverse scan and a reduced efficiency of 4.02% in the forward scan, and giving a stabilized efficiency of 6.07%.