Among the hybrid metal-organic perovskites for photovoltaic applications, FAPbI3 (FAPI) has the best performance regarding efficiency and the worst regarding stability, even though the reports on its stability are highly contradictory. In particular, since at room temperature the cubic α phase, black and with high photovoltaic efficiency, is metastable against the yellow hexagonal δ phase, it is believed that α-FAPI spontaneously transforms into δ-FAPI within a relatively short time. We performed X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetric measurements on loose powder of FAPI, and present the first complete dielectric and anelastic spectra of compacted FAPI samples under various conditions. We found that α-FAPI is perfectly stable for at least 100 days, the duration of the experiments, unless extrinsic factors induce its degradation. In our tests, degradation was detected after exposure to humidity, strongly accelerated by grain boundaries and the presence of δ phase, but it was not noticeable on the loose powder kept in air under normal laboratory illumination. These findings have strong implications on the strategies for improving the stability of FAPI without diminishing its photovoltaic efficiency through modifications of its composition.

Stability of Cubic FAPbI3 from X-ray Diffraction, Anelastic, and Dielectric Measurements / Cordero, Francesco; Craciun, Floriana; Trequattrini, Francesco; Generosi, Amanda; Paci, Barbara; Paoletti, Anna Maria; Pennesi, Giovanna. - In: THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS. - ISSN 1948-7185. - (2019), pp. 2463-2469-2469. [10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00896]

Stability of Cubic FAPbI3 from X-ray Diffraction, Anelastic, and Dielectric Measurements

Trequattrini, Francesco;
2019

Abstract

Among the hybrid metal-organic perovskites for photovoltaic applications, FAPbI3 (FAPI) has the best performance regarding efficiency and the worst regarding stability, even though the reports on its stability are highly contradictory. In particular, since at room temperature the cubic α phase, black and with high photovoltaic efficiency, is metastable against the yellow hexagonal δ phase, it is believed that α-FAPI spontaneously transforms into δ-FAPI within a relatively short time. We performed X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetric measurements on loose powder of FAPI, and present the first complete dielectric and anelastic spectra of compacted FAPI samples under various conditions. We found that α-FAPI is perfectly stable for at least 100 days, the duration of the experiments, unless extrinsic factors induce its degradation. In our tests, degradation was detected after exposure to humidity, strongly accelerated by grain boundaries and the presence of δ phase, but it was not noticeable on the loose powder kept in air under normal laboratory illumination. These findings have strong implications on the strategies for improving the stability of FAPI without diminishing its photovoltaic efficiency through modifications of its composition.
2019
Hybrid Metal−Organic Perovskites, X-ray diffraction, Anelastic Spectroscopy, Dielectric Spectroscopy
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Stability of Cubic FAPbI3 from X-ray Diffraction, Anelastic, and Dielectric Measurements / Cordero, Francesco; Craciun, Floriana; Trequattrini, Francesco; Generosi, Amanda; Paci, Barbara; Paoletti, Anna Maria; Pennesi, Giovanna. - In: THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS. - ISSN 1948-7185. - (2019), pp. 2463-2469-2469. [10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00896]
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