Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Mapping structure heterogeneities and visualizing moisture degradation of perovskite films with nano-focus WAXS

  • Nian Li,
  • Shambhavi Pratap,
  • Volker Körstgens,
  • Sundeep Vema,
  • Lin Song,
  • Suzhe Liang,
  • Anton Davydok,
  • Christina Krywka,
  • Peter Müller-Buschbaum

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34426-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Understanding the correlation between moisture degradation and structural features of perovskite films is essential to improve their stability. Here, the authors apply nano-focused wide-angle X-ray scattering to map the heterogeneities over several micrometers across lateral and vertical directions.