1411wileyonlinelibrary.com current-voltage ( I-V ) characteristics in planar perovskite PV structures, where the reverse scanning (from open circuit voltage ( V oc ) to short circuit current( J sc )) current is superior to the forward scanning (from J sc to V oc ) current. [6][7][8][9][10] Three mechanisms have been proposed [ 6 ] to explain the hysteresis behavior of perovskite PV cells: charge trapping at the interface between perovskite and its neighboring charge transport layers, ferroelectric response of perovskites, and migration of interstitial or vacancy defects in perovskites. In earlier studies, ineffi cient electron extraction (i.e., electron trapping) at the perovskite/compact TiO 2 (c-TiO 2 ) interface [ 11 ] was considered as the origin of the I-V hysteresis. It was shown that by replacing c-TiO 2 with mesoporous TiO 2 [ 6,12 ] or by modifying the c-TiO 2 surface with a C 60 self-assemble monolayer, [ 13 ] the hysteresis can be reduced. On the other hand, it was noted that in the hysteretic devices the response time of photocurrent upon voltage change is in the range of seconds or longer, while trapping/detrapping of charges should happen at much faster timescales. [ 9 ] Ferroelectric polarization may occur in the perovskite devices, but this mechanism alone cannot explain the variation of hysteresis upon interface modifi cation [ 13 ] and the absence of hysteresis in some planar PV structures, such as indium tin oxide (ITO) /poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS)/ perovskite/phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM)/ C 60 /2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (BCP)/Al. [ 14 ] Recently, migration of ionic defects (e.g., Ii i or V i MA ) has been associated with the hysteresis behavior. [ 9,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] Huang and coworkers demonstrated a giant switchable photovoltaic effect in both ITO/PEDOT:PSS/MAPbI 3 /gold (Au) [ 15 ] and lateral Au/ MAPbI 3 /Au [ 17 ] structures and explained the phenomenon by migration of methylammonium ions (MA + ) based on photothermal induced resonance measurement results. [ 17 ] Yang et al. investigated specifi cally the ionic conductivity of lead iodidebased perovskites by employing electrochemical cells, [ 18 ] and they found that the ion conduction is largely contributed by iodide ions (I − ). Eames et al. estimated the active energy of I − migration in MAPbI 3 to be 0.6 eV through chronophotoamperometry measurement of a fl ourine-doped tin oxide (FTO)/cTiO 2 /MAPbI 3 /spiro-OMeTAD/Au structure; [ 19 ]