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Dimethylammonium Incorporation in Lead Acetate Based MAPbI 3 Perovskite Solar Cells

Dimethylammonium Incorporation in Lead Acetate Based MAPbI 3 Perovskite Solar Cells

Wouter M J Franssen, Bardo J Bruijnaers, Victor H L Portengen, Arno P M Kentgens

Chemphyschem. 2018 Nov 19;19(22):3107-3115.

PMID: 30221826

Abstract:

Over the last years, several different pathways have been suggested for producing perovskite thin films for solar cell applications. While the merit of these methods with respect to the solar cell efficiency have been shown, the actual composition of the resulting thin films is often not investigated. Here, we show that methylammonium lead iodide films produced using lead acetate as a lead source can have up to 15 % dimethylammonium incorporated into their crystal structure, even though this ion is often consider to be too large for incorporation. The origin of this ion lies in the precursor solution, where it is formed in a reaction that is facilitated by the basic character of the acetate ions. We further show that these dimethylammonium ions are incorporated in a random fashion throughout the crystal structure, owing to the lack of observable ordered domains.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP51066741	Dimethylammonium iodide		51066-74-1	Price

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