Unveiling the Nanoparticle-Seeded Catalytic Nucleation Kinetics of Perovskite Solar Cells by Time-Resolved GIXS

Chung Yao Lin, Shao Sian Li, Je Wei Chang, Hao Chung Chia, Yu Yun Hsiao, Chun Jen Su, Bing Jun Lian, Cheng Yen Wen, Shao Ku Huang, Wei Ru Wu, Di Yan Wang, An Chung Su, Chun Wei Chen, U. Ser Jeng

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摘要

Recently, a new seeding growth approach for perovskite thin films is reported to significantly enhance the device performance of perovskite solar cells. This work unveils the intermediate structures and the corresponding growth kinetics during conversion to perovskite crystal thin films assisted by seeding PbS nanocrystals (NCs), using time-resolved grazing-incidence X-ray scattering. Through analyses of time-resolved crystal formation kinetics obtained from synchrotron X-rays with a fast subsecond probing time resolution, an important “catalytic” role of the seed-like PbS NCs is clearly elucidated. The perovskite precursor-capped PbS NCs are found to not only accelerate the nucleation of a highly oriented intermediate phase, but also catalyze the conversion of the intermediate phase into perovskite crystals with a reduced activation energy Ea = 47 (±5) kJ mol−1, compared to 145 (±38) kJ mol−1 for the pristine perovskite thin film. The reduced Ea is attributed to a designated crystal lattice alignment of the perovskite nanocrystals with perovskite cubic crystals; the pivotal heterointerface alignment of the perovskite crystals coordinated by the Pb NCs leads to an improved film surface morphology with less pinholes and enhanced crystal texture and thermal stability. These together contribute to the significantly improved photovoltaic performance of the corresponding devices.

原文英語
文章編號1902582
期刊Advanced Functional Materials
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 1月 1 2019

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 電子、光磁材料
  • 生物材料
  • 化學 (全部)
  • 材料科學(全部)
  • 凝聚態物理學
  • 電化學

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