Abstract
In the past few years, the efficiency of solar cells based on hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites has exceeded the level needed for commercialization. However, existing perovskites solar cells (PSCs) suffer from several intrinsic instabilities, which prevent them from reaching industrial maturity, and stabilizing PSCs has become a critically important problem. Here we propose to stabilize PSCs chemically by strengthening the interactions between the organic cation and inorganic anion of the perovskite framework. In particular, we show that replacing the methylammonium cation with alternative protonated cations allows an increase in the stability of the perovskite by forming strong hydrogen bonds with the halide anions. This interaction also provides opportunities for tuning the electronic states near the bandgap. These mechanisms should have a universal character in different hybrid organic–inorganic framework materials that are widely used.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2648-2655 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | ChemSusChem |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 18 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 8 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01Acknowledgements: We are extremely grateful for the Research Computing Center in Texas A&M University at Qatar and SHAHEEN Supercomputer at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, where the calculations were conducted. This work is supported by the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) through the National Priorities Research Program (NPRP8-090-2-047).
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.