Fast oxygen diffusion and iodide defects mediate oxygen-induced degradation of perovskite solar cells

Nicholas Aristidou; Christopher Eames; Irene Sanchez-Molina; Xiangnan Bu; Jan Kosco; M. Saiful Islam; Saif A. Haque

doi:10.1038/ncomms15218

Nature Communications (May 2017)

Fast oxygen diffusion and iodide defects mediate oxygen-induced degradation of perovskite solar cells

Nicholas Aristidou,
Christopher Eames,
Irene Sanchez-Molina,
Xiangnan Bu,
Jan Kosco,
M. Saiful Islam,
Saif A. Haque

Affiliations

Nicholas Aristidou: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Plastic Electronics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus
Christopher Eames: Department of Chemistry, University of Bath
Irene Sanchez-Molina: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Plastic Electronics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus
Xiangnan Bu: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Plastic Electronics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus
Jan Kosco: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Plastic Electronics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus
M. Saiful Islam: Department of Chemistry, University of Bath
Saif A. Haque: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Plastic Electronics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15218
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

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Determining the degradation pathways in lead halide perovskites is key to its development as a viable solar technology. Aristidouet al. identify iodide vacancies as the preferred sites in mediating the photo-induced formation of superoxide species from intercalated oxygen.

Published in Nature Communications

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