Stabilization of Highly Efficient and Stable Phase‐Pure FAPbI 3 Perovskite Solar Cells by Molecularly Tailored 2D‐Overlayers

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie Vol. 132; no. 36; pp. 15818 - 15824
• Main Authors: Liu, Yuhang, Akin, Seckin, Hinderhofer, Alexander, Eickemeyer, Felix T., Zhu, Hongwei, Seo, Ji‐Youn, Zhang, Jiahuan, Schreiber, Frank, Zhang, Hong, Zakeeruddin, Shaik M., Hagfeldt, Anders, Dar, M. Ibrahim, Grätzel, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.09.2020
• ISSN: 0044-8249; 1521-3757
• DOI: 10.1002/ange.202005211

Abstract As a result of their attractive optoelectronic properties, metal halide APbI 3 perovskites employing formamidinium (FA + ) as the A cation are the focus of research. The superior chemical and thermal stability of FA + cations makes α‐FAPbI 3 more suitable for solar‐cell applications than methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI 3 ). However, its spontaneous conversion into the yellow non‐perovskite phase ( δ ‐FAPbI 3 ) under ambient conditions poses a serious challenge for practical applications. Herein, we report on the stabilization of the desired α‐FAPbI 3 perovskite phase by protecting it with a two‐dimensional (2D) IBA 2 FAPb 2 I 7 (IBA= iso ‐butylammonium overlayer, formed via stepwise annealing. The α‐FAPbI 3 /IBA 2 FAPb 2 I 7 based perovskite solar cell (PSC) reached a high power conversion efficiency (PCE) of close to 23 %. In addition, it showed excellent operational stability, retaining around 85 % of its initial efficiency under severe combined heat and light stress, that is, simultaneous exposure with maximum power tracking to full simulated sunlight at 80 °C over 500 h.