Issue 1, 2019

Growing high-quality CsPbBr3 by using porous CsPb2Br5 as an intermediate: a promising light absorber in carbon-based perovskite solar cells

Abstract

CsPbBr3 with a large band gap (∼2.3 eV) is a promising material for fabricating perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with a high open-circuit voltage (Voc) and high stability. However, a suitable method is still lacking for depositing high-quality CsPbBr3 films. Herein, we develop a novel strategy to deposit high-quality CsPbBr3 films by employing a porous CsPb2Br5 film as an intermediate layer. Highly porous CsPb2Br5 films composed of lamellar crystals were obtained by immersing Pb–Br precursor layers in a low-concentration CsBr IPA solution. The low CsBr concentration helped to widen the processing window of CsPb2Br5, while the low-polarity IPA solvent served to keep the film structure stable during the reaction. High-quality CsPbBr3 films with full coverage, high purity and low defect density were obtained by further converting the CsPb2Br5 films in a high-concentration CsBr solution. After introducing the optimized CsPbBr3 film into a carbon-based PSC without a hole transporting material (C-PSC), a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 6.1% and a Voc of 1.38 V were achieved. Moreover, the devices without encapsulation show almost no PCE decay after 200 days of storage in ambient air (25–85% relative humidity, 20–30 °C) and at 80 °C (10–20% relative humidity) for over 1080 h.

Graphical abstract: Growing high-quality CsPbBr3 by using porous CsPb2Br5 as an intermediate: a promising light absorber in carbon-based perovskite solar cells

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 Sep 2018
Accepted
19 Oct 2018
First published
22 Oct 2018

Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2019,3, 184-194

Growing high-quality CsPbBr3 by using porous CsPb2Br5 as an intermediate: a promising light absorber in carbon-based perovskite solar cells

J. Liu, L. Zhu, S. Xiang, Y. Wei, M. Xie, H. Liu, W. Li and H. Chen, Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2019, 3, 184 DOI: 10.1039/C8SE00442K

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