Addition Effect of Pyreneammonium Iodide to Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskite‐2D/3D Heterostructured Perovskite with Enhanced Stability

• Published in: Advanced functional materials Vol. 28; no. 46
• Main Authors: Yang, Fu, Zhang, Putao, Kamarudin, Muhammad Akmal, Kapil, Gaurav, Ma, Tingli, Hayase, Shuzi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 14.11.2018
• Subjects: Aromatic compounds; Commercialization; Degradation; Humidity; Irradiation; MAPbI3; Materials science; Organic compounds; Perovskites; Photovoltaic cells; planar solar cells; Relative humidity; Solar cells; Stability; Ultraviolet radiation; UV light stability
• ISSN: 1616-301X; 1616-3028
• DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201804856

Despite the eminent performance of the organometallic halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs), the poor stability for humidity and ultraviolet irradiation is still major problem for the commercialization of PSCs. Herein, a novel functional organic compound 1‐(ammonium acetyl)pyrene is successfully introduced for preparing the 2D/3D heterostructured MAPbI3 perovskite. Because of the functional organic pyrene group with high humidity resistance and strong absorption in the ultraviolet region, the 2D/3D perovskite film shows notable stability with no degradation in ≈60% relative humidity after even six months and exhibits a high ultraviolet irradiation stability which keeps nearly no degradation after 1 h in the UV Ozone treatment. Planar PSCs are fabricated in the ≈60% relative humidity air outside glovebox. The champion efficiency of (PEY2PbI4)0.02MAPbI3 perovskite solar cells is 14.7% with nearly no hysteresis which is equal performance of 3D MAPbI3 devices (15.0%). This work presents a new direction for enhancing the solar cells' performance and stability by incorporating a functional organic aromatic compound into the perovskite layer. A novel organic compound 1‐(ammonium acetyl) pyrene is successfully introduced for preparing the 2D/3D heterostructured MAPbI3 perovskite. Because of the functional organic pyrene group with high humidity resistance and strong absorption in the ultraviolet region, the 2D/3D perovskite showed notable stability, comparable photovoltaic performance in humid air atmosphere and ultraviolet irradiation.