Defects in metal triiodide perovskite materials towards high-performance solar cells: origin, impact, characterization, and engineering

C Ran, J Xu, W Gao, C Huang, S Dou - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The rapid development of solar cells (SCs) based on organic–inorganic hybrid metal
triiodide perovskite (MTP) materials holds great promise for next-generation photovoltaic …

Intriguing optoelectronic properties of metal halide perovskites

JS Manser, JA Christians, PV Kamat - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
A new chapter in the long and distinguished history of perovskites is being written with the
breakthrough success of metal halide perovskites (MHPs) as solution-processed …

Photoluminescence lifetimes exceeding 8 μs and quantum yields exceeding 30% in hybrid perovskite thin films by ligand passivation

DW DeQuilettes, S Koch, S Burke, RK Paranji… - ACS Energy …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We study the effects of a series of post-deposition ligand treatments on the
photoluminescence (PL) of polycrystalline methylammonium lead triiodide perovskite thin …

Heterogeneity at multiple length scales in halide perovskite semiconductors

EM Tennyson, TAS Doherty, SD Stranks - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Materials with highly crystalline lattice structures and low defect concentrations have
classically been considered essential for high-performance optoelectronic devices …

Perovskite Solar Cell Stability in Humid Air: Partially Reversible Phase Transitions in the PbI2‐CH3NH3I‐H2O System

Z Song, A Abate, SC Watthage… - Advanced Energy …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
After rapid progress over the past five years, organic–inorganic perovskite solar cells (PSCs)
currently exhibit photoconversion efficiencies comparable to the best commercially available …

Local crystal misorientation influences non-radiative recombination in halide perovskites

S Jariwala, H Sun, GWP Adhyaksa, A Lof… - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
We use ultrasensitive electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) to map the local crystal
orientations, grains, and grain boundaries in CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 (MAPI) perovskite thin films …

Relationships between lead halide perovskite thin-film fabrication, morphology, and performance in solar cells

A Sharenko, MF Toney - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Solution-processed lead halide perovskite thin-film solar cells have achieved power
conversion efficiencies comparable to those obtained with several commercial photovoltaic …

Spatially non-uniform trap state densities in solution-processed hybrid perovskite thin films

S Draguta, S Thakur, YV Morozov, Y Wang… - The journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The facile solution-processability of methylammonium lead halide (CH3NH3PbI3)
perovskites has catalyzed the development of inexpensive, hybrid perovskite-based …

Do grain boundaries dominate non-radiative recombination in CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 perovskite thin films?

M Yang, Y Zeng, Z Li, DH Kim, CS Jiang… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Here, we examine grain boundaries (GBs) with respect to non-GB regions (grain surfaces
(GSs) and grain interiors (GIs)) in high-quality micrometer-sized perovskite CH3NH3PbI3 (or …

Progress of Surface Science Studies on ABX3‐Based Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

L Qiu, S He, LK Ono, Y Qi - Advanced Energy Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
ABX3 type metal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have shown efficiencies over 25%,
rocketing toward their theoretical limit. To gain the full potential of PSCs relies on the …