Slow Spontaneous Efficiency Enhancement of Single-Crystal Perovskite Solar Cells Due to Trapped Solvent

Vishal Yeddu; Parinaz Moazzezi; Bekir Turedi; Muhammad Naufal Lintangpradipto; Dongyang Zhang; Soumya Kundu; Deepak Thrithamarassery Gangadharan; Reuven Gordon; Osman M. Bakr; Makhsud I. Saidaminov

doi:10.1021/acsaem.2c03416

Slow Spontaneous Efficiency Enhancement of Single-Crystal Perovskite Solar Cells Due to Trapped Solvent

Vishal Yeddu, Parinaz Moazzezi, Bekir Turedi, Muhammad Naufal Lintangpradipto, Dongyang Zhang, Soumya Kundu, Deepak Thrithamarassery Gangadharan, Reuven Gordon, Osman M. Bakr, Makhsud I. Saidaminov^*

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Perovskite solar cells show spontaneous efficiency enhancement (SEE), i.e., their efficiency improves with time over a few days. Many mechanisms have been proposed for explaining such behavior in polycrystalline perovskite solar cells. However, such studies have not been performed on single-crystal perovskite solar cells. Here, we report our observation of slow (∼20 days) SEE in methylammonium lead iodide single-crystal perovskite solar cells. We found that the SEE is due to the slow escape of solvent trapped by the perovskite single-crystal thin films. We show that this process can be substantially accelerated by heat treatment of cells at 40 °C. This work provides a ground for fast-tracking the progress of single-crystal perovskite solar cells.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2257-2264
Number of pages	8
Journal	ACS Applied Energy Materials
Volume	6
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c03416
State	Published - Feb 27 2023

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Funding Information:
The authors thank Solaires Entreprises Inc. and the Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) (ALLRP 566552–21). M.I.S. is thankful to the NSERC (RGPIN-2020-04239), the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (40326), B.C. Knowledge Development fund, and the Canada Research Chairs Program (CRC-2019-00297) for financial support. B.T., M.N.L, and O.M.B are thankful to KAUST for financial support. The authors would like to thank Dr. Tyler Trefz for helping with GC-MS measurements.

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© 2023 American Chemical Society.

Keywords

aging
enhancement
perovskite
single crystals
solar cells

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Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Electrochemistry
Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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