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Degradation Kinetics of Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells.

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Alsari, Mejd 
Pearson, Andrew J 
Wang, Jacob Tse-Wei  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-7923
Montisci, Augusto 

Abstract

We explore the degradation behaviour under continuous illumination and direct oxygen exposure of inverted unencapsulated formamidinium(FA)0.83Cs0.17Pb(I0.8Br0.2)3, CH3NH3PbI3, and CH3NH3PbI3-xClx perovskite solar cells. We continuously test the devices in-situ and in-operando with current-voltage sweeps, transient photocurrent, and transient photovoltage measurements, and find that degradation in the CH3NH3PbI3-xClx solar cells due to oxygen exposure occurs over shorter timescales than FA0.83Cs0.17Pb(I0.8Br0.2)3 mixed-cation devices. We attribute these oxygen-induced losses in the power conversion efficiencies to the formation of electron traps within the perovskite photoactive layer. Our results highlight that the formamidinium-caesium mixed-cation perovskites are much less sensitive to oxygen-induced degradation than the methylammonium-based perovskite cells, and that further improvements in perovskite solar cell stability should focus on the mitigation of trap generation during ageing.

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physics.app-ph, physics.app-ph, cond-mat.mtrl-sci

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2045-2322
2045-2322

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8

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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/M005143/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/P02484X/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/M024873/1)
M.A. acknowledges the Ministry of Presidential Affairs (UAE) for supporting her doctoral studies. A.J.P. acknowledges support from the EPSRC through the grant EP/M024873/1. J.T.-W.W. acknowledges the EPSRC funding.