1. Effect of Grain Size on the Fracture Behavior of Organic-Inorganic Halide Perovskite Thin Films for Solar Cells.
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Dai, Zhenghong, Yadavalli, Srinivas K., Hu, Mingyu, Chen, Min, Zhou, Yuanyuan, and Padture, Nitin P.
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SOLAR cells , *THIN films , *GRAIN size , *SILICON solar cells , *HALIDES , *PEROVSKITE , *PRODUCTION sharing contracts (Oil & gas) - Abstract
Organic-inorganic halide perovskite (OIHP) thin films at the heart of the new perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are very brittle, limiting the mechanical reliability of PSCs. Here we show that fine-grained MAPbI 3 (prototypical OIHP) films with grain size (~290 nm) smaller than the typical film thickness (~500 nm) tend to fracture intergranularly, resulting in low toughness (0.41 J.m−2). In contrast, MAPbI 3 /substrate interfacial fracture occurs in films with grains larger (~730 nm) than the film thickness, resulting in much higher toughness (1.14 J.m−2). Thus, coarse-grained OIHP films are deemed desirable for not only improved PSCs performance and stability but also mechanical reliability. Image, graphical abstract [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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