Abstract
Although organic-inorganic halide perovskite (OIHP)-based photovoltaics have high photoconversion efficiency (PCE), their poor humidity stability prevents commercialization. To overcome this critical hurdle, focusing on the grain boundary (GB) of OIHPs, which is the main humidity penetration channel, is crucial. Herein, pressure-induced crystallization of OIHP films prepared with controlled mold geometries is demonstrated as a GB-healing technique to obtain high moisture stability. When exposed to 85% RH at 30 °C, OIHP films fabricated by pressure-induced crystallization have enhanced moisture stability due to the enlarged OIHP grain size and low-angle GBs. The crystallographic and optical properties indicate the effect of applying pressure onto OIHP films in terms of moisture stability. The photovoltaic devices with pressure-induced crystallization exhibited dramatically stabilized performance and sustained over 0.95 normalized PCE after 200 h at 40% RH and 30 °C.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6498-6505 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Nano letters |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 Sept 11 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors acknowledge the grant by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2018M1A3A3A02065974, NRF-2019R1A2C3010479). J.H.P. acknowledges the support from the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE) of the Republic of Korea (No. 20163010012450, 20173010013340). D.H.C. was supported by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Grant funded by the Korean Government (NRF-2018-Global Ph.D. Fellowship Program, 2018H1A2A1063511).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Chemical Society.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Bioengineering
- Chemistry(all)
- Materials Science(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanical Engineering
