Issue 65, 2016

Curing of degraded MAPbI3 perovskite films

Abstract

Perovskite films were prepared using one-step solution deposition. The prepared films were degraded for 14 days under ambient atmosphere with controlled humidity of 60 ± 5%. The degraded films showed separated regions of PbI2-rich and methylammonium iodide (MAI)-rich phases. Through X-ray, UV and electron beam irradiation, a fast recovery of perovskite was initiated in the MAI regions and the photoproduct further spread into the PbI2 regions over a time frame of minutes. Ultraviolet and electron beam were also explored as irradiation sources and the same photoinduced perovskite formation was observed in each case. XRD results proved that the photoproduct is indeed tetragonal perovskite MAPbI3. A slower conversion process can be achieved by storing the degraded samples at 25% ± 5% humidity. It is also observed that samples degraded at high humidity can be recovered by thermal annealing at a temperature as low as 35 °C. In this work, recovery of the aged perovskite films from decomposed phases (intermediate phase and PbI2) is shown to be feasible, which paves a new way for sustainable perovskite-based solar cells.

Graphical abstract: Curing of degraded MAPbI3 perovskite films

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Apr 2016
Accepted
13 Jun 2016
First published
15 Jun 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 60620-60625

Curing of degraded MAPbI3 perovskite films

X. Guo, C. McCleese, W. Lin and C. Burda, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 60620 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA09714F

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