Gas-solid reaction based over one-micrometer thick stable perovskite films for efficient solar cells and modules

  • Zonghao Liu
  • , Longbin Qiu
  • , Emilio J. Juarez-Perez
  • , Zafer Hawash
  • , Taehoon Kim
  • , Yan Jiang
  • , Zhifang Wu
  • , Sonia R. Raga
  • , Luis K. Ono
  • , Shengzhong (Frank) Liu
  • , Yabing Qi*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Besides high efficiency, the stability and reproducibility of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are also key for their commercialization. Herein, we report a simple perovskite formation method to fabricate perovskite films with thickness over 1 μm in ambient condition on the basis of the fast gas−solid reaction of chlorine-incorporated hydrogen lead triiodide and methylamine gas. The resultant thick and smooth chlorine-incorporated perovskite films exhibit full coverage, improved crystallinity, low surface roughness and low thickness variation. The resultant PSCs achieve an average power conversion efficiency of 19.1 ± 0.4% with good reproducibility. Meanwhile, this method enables an active area efficiency of 15.3% for 5 cm × 5 cm solar modules. The un-encapsulated PSCs exhibit an excellent T80 lifetime exceeding 1600 h under continuous operation conditions in dry nitrogen environment.

Original languageEnglish
Article number3880
JournalNature Communications
Volume9
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2018
Externally publishedYes

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