Abstract

Solid-state, solution processed solar-cells based on organic–inorganic methyl ammonium lead halide absorbers have achieved efficiencies in excess of 15%, which has superseded liquid dye sensitized cells, as well as various thin film-based photovoltaics. This report introduces a new metal-halide perovskite, based on the formamidinium cation (HC(NH2)2+), that displays a favorable band gap (1.47 eV) and represents a broader absorption compared to previously reported absorbers that contained the methylammonium cation (CH3NH3+). The high open-circuit voltage (Voc = 0.97 V) and promising fill-factor (FF = 68.7%) yield an efficiency of 4.3%, which make this material an excellent candidate for this new class of perovskite solar cell. This report also investigates the formation of a black trigonal (P3m1) perovskite polymorph and a yellow hexagonal nonperovskite (P63mc) polymorph. Further solar cell development would entail the stabilization of the black trigonal (P3m1) perovskite polymorph over the yellow hexagonal nonperovskite (P63mc) polymorph.

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FormamidiniumHalidePerovskite (structure)Materials scienceAbsorption (acoustics)Perovskite solar cellPhotovoltaicsSolar cellTandemHexagonal crystal systemMetalInorganic chemistryCrystallographyChemistryPhotovoltaic systemOptoelectronicsComposite materialMetallurgy

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Year
2013
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article
Volume
118
Issue
30
Pages
16458-16462
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760
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Teck Ming Koh, Kunwu Fu, Yanan Fang et al. (2013). Formamidinium-Containing Metal-Halide: An Alternative Material for Near-IR Absorption Perovskite Solar Cells. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C , 118 (30) , 16458-16462. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp411112k

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10.1021/jp411112k