Formation of ultrasmooth perovskite films toward highly efficient inverted planar heterojunction solar cells by micro-flowing anti-solvent deposition in air

Citation:

Xia B, Wu Z, Dong H, Xi J, Wu W, Lei T, Xi K, Yuan F, Jiao B, Xiao L, et al. Formation of ultrasmooth perovskite films toward highly efficient inverted planar heterojunction solar cells by micro-flowing anti-solvent deposition in air. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A. 2016;4:6295-6303.

摘要:

Ultrasmooth perovskite thin films are prepared by a solution-based one-step micro-flowing anti-solvent deposition (MAD) method carried out in air with simplicity and practicability. Engaging inert gas blow and anti-solvent drips as accelerators, ultrafast crystallizing, thickness controllable, and high quality methylammonium lead iodide films are prepared with a least root mean square roughness of 1.43 nm (1.95 nm on average), achieving the smoothest surface morphology to the best of our knowledge, as well as a rather compact perovskite layer with a high coverage ratio. Perovskite films formed from MAD require no annealing procedure to ultimately crystallize, realizing a very fast crystallizing procedure within few seconds. By controlling the thickness of perovskite films, superior photovoltaic performance of solar cells with a large fill factor of 0.8 and a PCE of 15.98% is achieved without a glovebox. MAD technology will benefit not only highly efficient photovoltaic devices, but also perovskite-based hybrid optoelectronic devices with field effect transistors and light emitting diodes as well.