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Polymer-templated nucleation and crystal growth of perovskite films for solar cells with efficiency greater than 21%

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  • Dongqin Bi

    (Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
    Laboratory of Photomolecular Science, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)

  • Chenyi Yi

    (Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)

  • Jingshan Luo

    (Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)

  • Jean-David Décoppet

    (Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)

  • Fei Zhang

    (Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)

  • Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin

    (Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)

  • Xiong Li

    (Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)

  • Anders Hagfeldt

    (Laboratory of Photomolecular Science, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)

  • Michael Grätzel

    (Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)

Abstract

The past several years have witnessed the rapid emergence of a class of solar cells based on mixed organic–inorganic halide perovskites. Today’s state-of-the-art perovskite solar cells (PSCs) employ various methods to enhance nucleation and improve the smoothness of the perovskite films formed via solution processing. However, the lack of precise control over the crystallization process creates a risk of forming unwanted defects, for example, pinholes and grain boundaries. Here, we introduce an approach to prepare perovskite films of high electronic quality by using poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as a template to control nucleation and crystal growth. We obtain shiny smooth perovskite films of excellent electronic quality, as manifested by a remarkably long photoluminescence lifetime. We realize stable PSCs with excellent reproducibility showing a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of up to 21.6% and a certified PCE of 21.02% under standard AM 1.5G reporting conditions.

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  • Dongqin Bi & Chenyi Yi & Jingshan Luo & Jean-David Décoppet & Fei Zhang & Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin & Xiong Li & Anders Hagfeldt & Michael Grätzel, 2016. "Polymer-templated nucleation and crystal growth of perovskite films for solar cells with efficiency greater than 21%," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 1(10), pages 1-5, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natene:v:1:y:2016:i:10:d:10.1038_nenergy.2016.142
    DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2016.142
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