Preserving the stability of Sn-based
halide perovskites is a primary
concern in developing photovoltaic light-absorbing materials for lead-free
perovskite solar cells. Whereas the addition of SnX2 (X
= F, Cl, Br) has been demonstrated to improve the photovoltaic performance
of Sn halide perovskite solar cells, the mechanistic roles of SnX2 in the performance enhancement have not yet been studied
appropriately. Here we perform a comparative study of CsSnI3 films and devices and examine how SnX2 additives affect
their stability, and the results are corroborated by first-principles-based
theoretical calculations. Unlike the conventional belief that the
additives annihilate defects, we find that the additives effectively
passivate the surface and stabilize the perovskite phase, promoting
the stability of CsSnI3. Our mechanism suggests that SnBr2, which shows ca. 100 h of prolonged stability along with
a high power conversion efficiency of 4.3%, is the best additive for
enhancing the stability of CsSnI3.
The crystal grain size of CH3NH3PbI3 (MAPbI3) organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite (OHP) film was controllable in the range from ~60 nm to ~600 nm by non-solvents inter-diffusion controlled crystallization process in dripping crystallization method for the formation of perovskite film. The MAPbI3 OHP non-volatile resistive random access memory with ~60 nm crystal grain size exhibited >0.1 TB/in2 storage capacity, >600 cycles endurance, >104 s data retention time, ~0.7 V set, and ~−0.61 V re-set bias voltage.
High-performance solid-state PbS quantum dot-sensitized solar cells (QD-SSCs) with stable 9.2% power conversion efficiency at 1 Sun condition are demonstrated by introduction of hybrid perovskite interlayer. The PbS QDs formed on mesoscopic TiO (mp-TiO) by spin-assisted successive precipitation and anionic exchange reaction method do not exhibit PbSO but have PbSO oxidation species. By introducing perovskite interlayer in between mp-TiO/PbS QDs and poly-3-hexylthiophene, the PbSO oxidation species are fully removed in the PbS QDs and thereby the efficiency of PbS QD-SSCs is enhanced over 90% compared to the pristine PbS QD-SSCs.
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