Employing Lead Thiocyanate Additive to Reduce the Hysteresis and Boost the Fill Factor of Planar Perovskite Solar Cells

Authors: Weijun Ke, Chuanxiao Xiao, Changlei Wang, Bayrammurad Saparov, Hsin‐Sheng Duan, Dewei Zhao, Zewen Xiao, Philip Schulz, Steven P. Harvey, Wei‐Qiang Liao, Weiwei Meng, Yue Yu, Alexander J. Cimaroli, Chun‐Sheng Jiang, Kai Zhu, Mowafak Al‐Jassim, Guojia Fang, David B. Mitzi, Yanfa Yan - Advanced Materials 2016 cited by 573

Lead thiocyanate in the perovskite precursor can increase the grain size of a perovskite thin film and reduce the conductivity of the grain boundaries, leading to perovskite solar cells with reduced hysteresis and enhanced fill factor. A planar perovskite solar cell with grain boundary and interface passivation achieves a steady-state efficiency of 18.42%. As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors. Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or typeset. Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should be addressed to the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.