Proceedings of Online Meetup: Contemporary Stability Challenges in Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaics (SCHP)
Publication date: 14th April 2020
Two-dimensional (2D) lead halide perovskites represent an emerging class of materials given their tunable optoelectronic properties and long-term stability in perovskite solar cells. In order to assess the halide ion mobility we have tracked the changes in the bromide and iodide composition in physically paired 2D lead halide perovskite films of different layer number (n) = 10—1. These low-dimensional perovskites suppressed halide ion migration as a result of their intercalated spacer ligands and their strong van der Waals interactions. The rate constants for halide exchange of low dimensionality perovskites follows the Arrhenius relationship with thermal activation energy ranging from 58 kJ/mol (n = 10) to 72 kJ/mol (n = 1). The suppression of halide ion mobility (and diffusion coefficient) with modulating perovskite layer number (n) provides further insight into the role of 2D perovskites in improving the performance of photovoltaic devices.
The research described herein is supported by the Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences of the U.S. Department of Energy, through award DE-FC02-04ER15533. This is contribution number NDRL No. 5277 from the Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory.