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Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 8/2021

02-04-2021

Inorganic and lead-free CsBi3I10 thin-film solar cell prepared by single-source thermal evaporation

Authors: Huabin Lan, Xingye Chen, Ping Fan, Guangxing Liang

Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics | Issue 8/2021

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Abstract

All inorganic lead-free halide perovskites have attracted much attention due to their non-toxic and suitable bandgap. In this paper, we first prepared all inorganic lead-free perovskite CsBi3I10 thin-films by single-source thermal evaporation deposition. The results show that CsBi3I10 thin films prepared by single-source thermal evaporation have layered structure, high purity hexagonal phase and high crystallinity, which are consistent with the theoretical calculation results. The surface of the thin film was compact and uniform, and had high homology with the crystal structure of the evaporation source material. After annealing, the crystallinity of the film was further improved. The photovoltaic conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells based on the CsBi3I10 thin film is as high as 0.84%. These results indicate that the proposed single-source thermal evaporation method has the potential to prepare high efficiency inorganic lead-free perovskite solar cells.
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Metadata
Title
Inorganic and lead-free CsBi3I10 thin-film solar cell prepared by single-source thermal evaporation
Authors
Huabin Lan
Xingye Chen
Ping Fan
Guangxing Liang
Publication date
02-04-2021
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Issue 8/2021
Print ISSN: 0957-4522
Electronic ISSN: 1573-482X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-05783-z

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