AIP Advances (Jan 2016)

Fabrication of organic-inorganic perovskite thin films for planar solar cells via pulsed laser deposition

  • Yangang Liang,
  • Yangyi Yao,
  • Xiaohang Zhang,
  • Wei-Lun Hsu,
  • Yunhui Gong,
  • Jongmoon Shin,
  • Eric D. Wachsman,
  • Mario Dagenais,
  • Ichiro Takeuchi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4939621
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 015001 – 015001-7

Abstract

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We report on fabrication of organic-inorganic perovskite thin films using a hybrid method consisting of pulsed laser deposition (PLD) of lead iodide and spin-coating of methylammonium iodide. Smooth and highly crystalline CH3NH3PbI3 thin films have been fabricated on silicon and glass coated substrates with fluorine doped tin oxide using this PLD-based hybrid method. Planar perovskite solar cells with an inverted structure have been successfully fabricated using the perovskite films. Because of its versatility, the PLD-based hybrid fabrication method not only provides an easy and precise control of the thickness of the perovskite thin films, but also offers a straightforward platform for studying the potential feasibility in using other metal halides and organic salts for formation of the organic-inorganic perovskite structure.