Browsing by Author "Alanazi, Anwar Q."

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    Atomic-Level Microstructure of Efficient Formamidinium-Based Perovskite Solar Cells Stabilized by 5-Ammonium Valeric Acid Iodide Revealed by Multinuclear and Two-Dimensional Solid-State NMR
    Alanazi, Anwar Q.; Kubicki, Dominik J.; Prochowicz, Daniel; Alharbi, Essa A.; Bouduban, Marine E. F.; Jahanbakhshi, Farzaneh; Mladenović, Marko; Milić, Jovana; Giordano, Fabrizio; Ren, Dan; Alyamani, Ahmed Y.; Albrithen, Hamad; Albadri, Abdulrahman; Alotaibi, Mohammad Hayal; Moser, Jacques-E.; Zakeeruddin, Shaik M.; Rothlisberger, Ursula; Emsley, Lyndon; Grätzel, Michael
    Chemical doping of inorganic-organic hybrid perovskites is an effective way of improving the performance and operational stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Here we use 5-ammonium valeric acid iodide (AVAI) to chemically stabilize the structure of α-FAPbI3. Using solid-state MAS NMR, we demonstrate the atomic-level interaction between the molecular modulator and the perovskite lattice and propose a structural model of the stabilized three-dimensional structure, further aided by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. We find that one-step deposition of the perovskite in the presence of AVAI produces highly crystalline films with large, micrometer-sized grains and enhanced charge-carrier lifetimes, as probed by transient absorption spectroscopy. As a result, we achieve greatly enhanced solar cell performance for the optimized AVA-based devices with a maximum power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 18.94%. The devices retain 90% of the initial efficiency after 300 h under continuous white light illumination and maximum-power point-tracking measurement.