Myths and reality of HPbI3 in halide perovskite solar cells

Weijun Ke; Ioannis Spanopoulos; Constantinos C. Stoumpos; Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07204-y

Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Myths and reality of HPbI3 in halide perovskite solar cells

Weijun Ke,
Ioannis Spanopoulos,
Constantinos C. Stoumpos,
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

Affiliations

Weijun Ke: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Ioannis Spanopoulos: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Constantinos C. Stoumpos: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07204-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Hydriodic acid or hydrogen lead iodide is widely used to stabilize all-inorganic perovskite cesium lead iodide to make high performing solar cells. Here Ke et al. reveal the real composition of the perovskites, where dimethylammonium partially take place of cesium cation at the A-site.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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