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Degradation of Co-Evaporated Perovskite Thin Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2016

Congcong Wang ,
Youzhen Li ,
Xuemei Xu ,
Benjamin Ecker ,
Chenggong Wang  and
Yongli Gao
Congcong Wang*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA
Youzhen Li
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
Xuemei Xu
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
Benjamin Ecker
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA
Chenggong Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA
Yongli Gao
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
*
*(Email: cwang71@ur.rochester.edu)
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Abstract

Methylammonium lead halide perovskites have been developed as highly promising materials to fabricate efficient solar cells in the past few years. We have investigated degradation of co-evaporated CH3NH3PbI3 films in ambient air, oxygen and water respectively using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), small angle x-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The CH3NH3PbI3 film has an excellent atomic ratio and crystallinity. XPS results indicate that the film is not sensitive to oxygen and dry air, while ambient and water exposures achieve similar effects. XRD further indicates a structural conversion to PbI2 and a drastic morphology change from smooth to rough is revealed by AFM and SEM. The experiment indicated that H2O plays a dominated role in the degradation of CH3NH3PbI3 films. The degradation can be characterized by almost complete removal of N, substantial reduction of I, residual of PbI2, C, O, and I compounds on the surface.

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x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)x-ray diffraction (XRD)thin film
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MRS Advances , Volume 1 , Issue 14: Energy and Sustainability , 2016 , pp. 923 - 929
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2016 

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