Preparation of Low Grain Boundary Perovskite Crystals with Excellent Performance: The Inhibition of Ammonium Iodide

Feng Gao; Ke Liu; Ruzhou Cheng; Xi Zhou; Xiaoting Deng; Shaofeng Yin; Shu Jiang

doi:10.1021/acsomega.1c01260

Preparation of Low Grain Boundary Perovskite Crystals with Excellent Performance: The Inhibition of Ammonium Iodide

ACS Omega. 2021 May 7;6(19):12858-12865. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.1c01260. eCollection 2021 May 18.

Authors

Feng Gao¹, Ke Liu¹, Ruzhou Cheng¹, Xi Zhou¹, Xiaoting Deng¹, Shaofeng Yin¹, Shu Jiang¹

Affiliation

¹ College of Food and Chemical Engineering, Shaoyang University, Shaoyang 422000, People's Republic of China.

Abstract

For the study, we prepared a low grain boundary three-dimensional CH₃NH₃PbI₃ crystal (3D-MAPbI₃) on TiO₂ nanoarrays by inhibition of ammonium iodide and discussed the formation mechanism of the crystal. Based on the 3D-MAPbI₃ crystal, solar cells showed modified performance with a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of up to 19.3%, which increases by 36.8% in contrast to the counterparts. We studied the internal photocurrent conversion process. The highest external quantum efficiency is up to 92%, and the electron injection efficiency is remarkably facilitated where the injection time decreases by 37.8% compared to the control group. In addition, based on 3D-MAPbI₃, solar cells showed excellent air stability, which possesses 78.3% of the initial PCE, even though they were exposed to air for 30 days. Our results demonstrate a promising approach for the fabrication of perovskite solar cells with high efficiency and stability.