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Exploring the Stability of Novel Wide Bandgap Perovskites by a Robot Based High Throughput Approach
Author(s) -
Chen Shi,
Hou Yi,
Chen Haiwei,
Tang Xiaofeng,
Langner Stefan,
Li Ning,
Stubhan Tobias,
Levchuk Ievgen,
Gu Ening,
Osvet Andres,
Brabec Christoph J.
Publication year - 2018
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.201701543
Subject(s) - formamidinium , perovskite (structure) , materials science , band gap , halide , tandem , throughput , characterization (materials science) , phase (matter) , optoelectronics , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , inorganic chemistry , computer science , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , telecommunications , engineering , wireless
Currently, lead‐based perovskites with mixed multiple cations and hybrid halides are attracting intense research interests due to their promising stability and high efficiency. A tremendous amount of 3D and 2D perovskite compositions and configurations are causing a strong demand for high throughput synthesis and characterization. Furthermore, wide bandgap (≈1.75 eV) perovskites as promising top‐cell materials for perovskite–silicon tandem configurations require the screening of different compositions to overcome photoinduced halide segregation and still yielding a high open‐circuit voltage ( V oc ). Herein, a home‐made high throughput robot setup is introduced performing automatic perovskite synthesis and characterization. Subsequently, four kinds of compositions (i.e., cation mixtures of Cs–methylammonium (MA), Cs– formamidinium (FA), MA–FA, and FA–MA) with an optical bandgap of ≈1.75 eV are identified as promising device candidates. For Cs–MA and Cs–FA films it is found that the Br–I phase segregation indeed can be overcome. Moreover, Cs–MA, MA–FA, and Cs–FA based devices exhibit an average V oc of 1.17, 1.17, 1.12 V, and their maximum values approached 1.18, 1.19, 1.14 V, respectively, which are among the highest V oc (≈1.2 V) values for ≈40% Br perovskite. These findings highlight that the high throughput approach can effectively and efficiently accelerate the invention of novel perovskites for advanced applications.