Stability of mixed-halide wide bandgap perovskite solar cells: Strategies and progress

Benefiting from the superior optoelectronic properties and low-cost manufacturing techniques,mixedhalide wide bandgap(WBG)perovskite solar cells(PSCs)are currently considered as ideal top cells for fabricating multi-junction or tandem solar cells,which are designed to beyond the Shockley-Queisser(S-Q)limit of single-junction solar cells.However,the poor long-term operational stability of WBG PSCs limits their further employment and hinders the marketization of multi-junction or tandem solar cells.In this review,recent progresses on improving environmental stability of mixed-halide WBG PSCs through different strategies,including compositional engineering,additive engineering,interface engineering,and other strategies,are summarized.Then,the outlook and potential direction are discussed and explored to promote the further development of WBG PSCs and their applications in multijunction or tandem solar cells.

Thermoluminescence Response and Its Deconvolution on Crystalline Higher Order Mixtures of Alkali Halides Exposed to Gamma-Rays for Dosimetric Use

Alkali halides crystals have been the subject of intense research. High order crystalline one phase mixtures （high order： more that binary） studied by TL （thermoluminiscence technique） proved having persistent peaks along the time after the radiation to which they are exposed. In general in alkali halide crystals the traps associated with highest recorded temperature peaks in the TL due to radiation damage have greater permanence in time too. These features are useful for dosimetric applications. In this work, temperature thermoluminescence glow peaks of ternary and quaternary mixed alkali halide crystals have been studied. The study has been focused on their high temperature glow peaks after being subjected to thermal treatments at 373, 573, and 673 K. The glow peaks of high temperature were isolated and studied 24 h and 48 h after irradiation. The parameters of the recombination processes associated to these peaks were obtained using a glow peak shape method. Orders of kinetics were higher than 1.0 and the activation energy greater than 1.2 eV. The results suggest that such materials have a high potential as dosimeter and energy storage materials.

Lattice reconstruction for mixed-halide blue perovskite light-emitting diodes with high brightness,outstanding color stability and low efficiency roll-off

We report a simple,effective,and universal lattice reconstruction approach to improve the quality of perovskite films by using nonpolar solvents with high Gutmann donor numbers(DNs).We find that high-DN nonpolar solvents,for instance,ethyl acetate,can interact with perovskite precursors.Such a solvent can make the perovskite lattice more ordered and“harder”and promote the formation of heterostructures with low-dimensional perovskite impurities and residual solvent molecules.As a result,the latticereconstructed perovskite films exhibit reduced defect densities and suppressed ion migration.The resultant mixed-halide blue perovskite light-emitting diodes(PeLEDs)show greatly enhanced tolerance to high driving current densities and voltages,demonstrating high brightness,outstanding color stability and low efficiency roll-off.Our work provides a deep understanding of the interactions between nonpolar solvents and perovskites and offers useful guidelines for further development of high-power PeLEDs.

Role of chloride on the instability of blue emitting mixed‑halide perovskites

Although perovskite light-emitting diodes(PeLEDs)have seen unprecedented development in device efciency over the past decade,they sufer signifcantly from poor operational stability.This is especially true for blue PeLEDs,whose operational lifetime remains orders of magnitude behind their green and red counterparts.Here,we systematically investigate this efciency-stability discrepancy in a series of green-to blue-emitting PeLEDs based on mixed Br/Cl-perovskites.We fnd that chloride incorporation,while having only a limited impact on efciency,detrimentally afects device stability even in small amounts.Device lifetime drops exponentially with increasing Cl-content,accompanied by an increased rate of change in electrical properties during operation.We ascribe this phenomenon to an increased mobility of halogen ions in the mixed-halide lattice due to an increased chemically and structurally disordered landscape with reduced migration barriers.Our results indicate that the stability enhancement for PeLEDs might require diferent strategies from those used for improving efciency.

Thermoluminiscence Response of an Alloy Quaternary Ionic Crystal Exposed to High Energy Radiation

The alkali halide crystals exhibit significant TL （thermoluminescence） properties when exposed to ionizing radiation. The defects in crystals can be produced in high concentration by means of chemical impurities, radiation, mechanical work and others processes. This study is concerned with the TL properties of quaternary mixtures of alkali halide crystals when they are irradiated with beta and gamma-rays. The samples were made mixing KCI, KBr, RbCI, RbBr salts doped with divalent europium （Eu2＋）, by the Czochralski method sintering at 400 ~C during 6 hours in a N2 atmosphere. The samples were exposed to beta and gamma rays. We present the TL glow curves, demonstrating that the nature of the defects in the crystals can be produced by trapping states and recombination mechanisms. The highest temperature TL curves are the most interesting due to possible applications in dosimetry and optical energy storage.