Suppressing X-Migrations and Enhancing the Phase Stability of Cubic FAPbX3 (X = Br, I)

Aleksandra Oranskaia; Udo Schwingenschlögl

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Suppressing X-Migrations and Enhancing the Phase Stability of Cubic FAPbX3 (X = Br, I)

Aleksandra Oranskaia, Udo Schwingenschlögl

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Chemical bonding of formamidinium (FA) with the inorganic perovskite skeleton of FAPbX3 (X = Br, I) is studied with emphasis on the differences to methylammonium: stronger hydrogen bonding, the presence of π-anion bonding, and more sterically hindered motion inside the perovskite inorganic cage. Organic cation dopants fitting in the perovskite cubic cell and being capable of hydrogen and halogen bonding with overall doubled bonding strength as compared to FA are proposed. They are shown to suppress not only X-migrations but also the undesirable α–δ phase transition of FAPbI3. In addition, a possible atomistic explanation of the champion solar cell efficiency achieved experimentally is developed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1901411
Journal	Advanced Energy Materials
Volume	9
Issue number	32
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201901411
State	Published - Jul 24 2019

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Suppressing X-Migrations and Enhancing the Phase Stability of Cubic FAPbX3 (X = Br, I)

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