Radiation Hardness and Self-Healing of Perovskite Solar Cells

Adv Mater. 2016 Oct;28(39):8726-8731. doi: 10.1002/adma.201603326. Epub 2016 Aug 16.

Abstract

The radiation hardness of CH3 NH3 PbI3 -based solar cells is evaluated from in situ measurements during high-energy proton irradiation. These organic-inorganic perovskites exhibit radiation hardness and withstand proton doses that exceed the damage threshold of crystalline silicon by almost 3 orders of magnitude. Moreover, after termination of the proton irradiation, a self-healing process of the solar cells commences.

Keywords: degradation; perovskite solar cells; proton irradiation; radiation hardness; self-healing.