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Fully Vacuum-Processed Wide Band Gap Mixed-Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

Henk J. BolinkCristina MomblonaGiulia LongoLidón Gil-escrigMichele SessoloMaria Grazia La-placa

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chemistry.chemical_classificationMaterials scienceTandemRenewable Energy Sustainability and the EnvironmentBand gapbusiness.industryIodideWide-bandgap semiconductorEnergy Engineering and Power TechnologyHalide02 engineering and technology010402 general chemistry021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology01 natural sciences0104 chemical sciencesFuel TechnologychemistryChemistry (miscellaneous)Materials ChemistryOptoelectronicsThin film0210 nano-technologybusinessDeposition (law)Perovskite (structure)

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Methylammonium lead mixed-halide perovskites MAPb(BrxI1–x)3 are promising materials for the preparation of tandem devices. When exposed to light, MAPb(BrxI1–x)3 segregates in iodide- and bromide-rich phases, limiting the achievable photovoltage and hence the attainable device efficiency. To date only solution-processed mixed-halide perovskites have been demonstrated. We present fully vacuum-deposited mixed-halide perovskite thin films with band gap of 1.72 and 1.87 eV, prepared by controlling the deposition rates of the different halide precursors. When used in thin-film devices, these materials lead to power conversion efficiencies of 15.9 and 10.5%, respectively, which are among the highest reported to date for these types of wide band gap absorbers.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01217