Strategic advantages of reactive polyiodide melts for scalable perovskite photovoltaics

Alexey Tarasov^a^,^e, Ivan Turkevych^b, Said Kazaoui^c, Nikolai Belich^a, Aleksei Grishko^a, Sergey Fateev^a, Andrey Petrov^a, Michael Graetzel^d, Eugene Goodilin^e

^aLaboratory of New Materials for Solar Energetics, Department of Materials Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU),, Moscow, Russian Federation

^bChemical Materials Evaluation and Research Base (CEREBA), Higashi 1-1-1, AIST Central 5-2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8565

^cNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Higashi, Ibaraki, Japan

^dLaboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, Station 6, CH-1015 Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

^eChemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Lenin Hills, Moscow, Russian Federation

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Proceedings of International Conference on Perovskite Thin Film Photovoltaics, Photonics and Optoelectronics (ABXPV18PEROPTO)

Perovskite Thin Film Photovoltaics (ABXPV18). 27-28 Feb

Rennes, France, 2018 February 27th - March 1st

Organizer: Jacky Even

Oral, Alexey Tarasov, presentation 073
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.abxpvperopto.2018.073
Publication date: 11th December 2017

We present a new formation strategy of hybrid lead halide perovskites using novel reactants – reactive polyiodide melts (RPM). These compounds, namely, CH₃NH₃I_3+x and HC(NH₂)₂I_3+x, are liquid at room temperature and exhibit extremely high reactivity towards metallic lead and lead compounds (e.g. PbI₂, PbO). As a result, perovskite crystals and thin films can be easily obtained through the direct reaction between reactive polyiodide melts and metallic lead.

RPM can be readily prepared by mixing powders of I₂ with MAI (FAI). The reaction proceeds instantly at room temperature and results in a highly-viscous liquid. Due to its unique composition the RPM acts simultaneously as a liquid medium and a highly reactive precursor that swiftly converts metallic lead into perovskite. This new approach allows fabrication of high quality polycrystalline perovskite films with micron-size grains without use of solvents and heating. The perovskite solar cells made via this approach yield a solar to electric power conversion efficiency (PCE) of over 12% even without optimization of the film deposition procedure.

We demonstrate applicability of this method for the fabrication of highly uniform perovskite films with micron-size grains over large substrates of 10x10 cm² and 20x30 cm², including flexible supports. The proposed strategy has a high potential for industrial scale mass-production of perovskite modules including roll-to-roll manufacturing on flexible substrates, because the initial lead thin films can be easily deposited in a highly controlled way by various methods, such as evaporation, sputtering, electrochemical deposition, etc.

We also demonstrate that mixed perovskites MA_xFA_1-xPbI_3-xBr_x can be easily obtained using RPM with various compositions. In particular, single-phase MA-stabilized FAPbI₃ films with long charge carrier lifetimes were obtained. In addition, using this approach, we show that the perovskite films with the arbitrary pattern can be obtained by applying the mold with the pattern against the metallic lead film with RPM deposited on top of it. This approach allows one to evenly distribute the highly reactive melt over the substrate and obtain the smooth layer of perovskite.

[1] Petrov A.A. et al. New formation strategy of hybrid perovskites via room temperature reactive polyiodide melts // Mater. Horiz. 2017. doi: 10.1039/C7MH00201G

A.B., E.G., A.P. and A.G. acknowledges the financial support of this study from Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation, project identification number: RFMEFI60716X0147

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