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Suppressing non-radiative recombination in metal halide perovskite solar cells by synergistic effect of ferroelasticity

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  • Wei Qin

    (State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Wajid Ali

    (State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jianfeng Wang

    (School of Physics, Beihang University)

  • Yong Liu

    (State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xiaolan Yan

    (Beijing Computational Science Research Center)

  • Pengfei Zhang

    (State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Zhaochi Feng

    (State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Hao Tian

    (State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yanfeng Yin

    (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
    State key laboratory of molecular reaction dynamics and the dynamic research center for energy and environmental materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Wenming Tian

    (State key laboratory of molecular reaction dynamics and the dynamic research center for energy and environmental materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Can Li

    (State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

The low fraction of non-radiative recombination established the foundation of metal halide perovskite solar cells. However, the origin of low non-radiative recombination in metal halide perovskite materials is still not well-understood. Herein, we find that the non-radiative recombination in twinning-tetragonal phase methylammonium lead halide (MAPbIxCl3-x) is apparently suppressed by applying an electric field, which leads to a remarkable increase of the open-circuit voltage from 1.12 V to 1.26 V. Possible effects of ionic migration and light soaking on the open-circuit voltage enhancement are excluded experimentally by control experiments. Microscopic and macroscopic characterizations reveal an excellent correlation between the ferroelastic lattice deformation and the suppression of non-radiative recombination. The calculation result suggests the existence of lattice polarization in self-stabilizable deformed domain walls, indicating the charge separation that facilitated by lattice polarization is accountable for the suppressed non-radiative recombination. This work provides an understanding of the excellent performance of metal halide perovskite solar cells.

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  • Wei Qin & Wajid Ali & Jianfeng Wang & Yong Liu & Xiaolan Yan & Pengfei Zhang & Zhaochi Feng & Hao Tian & Yanfeng Yin & Wenming Tian & Can Li, 2023. "Suppressing non-radiative recombination in metal halide perovskite solar cells by synergistic effect of ferroelasticity," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-35837-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-35837-1
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