Unveiling the guest effect of N-butylammonium iodide towards efficient and stable 2D-3D perovskite solar cells through sequential deposition process

Yafei Wang, Hao Xu, Feng Wang, Detao Liu, Hao Chen, Hualin Zheng, Long Ji, Peng Zhang, Ting Zhang, Zhi David Chen, Jiang Wu, Li Chen, Shibin Li

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Abstract

Improving the stability of hybrid organic-inorganic halide perovskite materials is urgent and essential for their applications in optoelectronic devices. Here, we introduce n-butylammonium iodide (BAI) into lead-iodide crystals as guest molecules. As a result of guest effect, only a small amount BA2PbI4 two-dimensional (2D) perovskite (n = 1) is formed in PbI2-BAI films. Most of BAI crystals efficiently cut and squeeze the lattice network of lead iodide. The better orientation of 2D lead iodide crystals is obtained via this guest effect. In the following sequential deposition process, that BAI re-dissolve in MAI isopropanol (IPA) solution leads to a mesoporous structure of PbI2 and introduces a 2D perovskite (n = 2) protect layer in 3D MAPbI3 after annealing. Finally, the morphology, crystallization and stability of CH3NH3PbI3 are simultaneously improved by the insertion of BAI guest molecules. Consequently, CH3NH3PbI3 PSCs with an optimized cutting behavior exhibited a power conversion efficiency of 18% and significantly improved the stability.

Original languageEnglish
Article number123589
JournalChemical Engineering Journal
Volume391
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2020

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Keywords

  • 2D-3D perovskite
  • Guest effect
  • Ion exchange
  • Lattice compression
  • Sequential deposition
  • Stability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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