Monitoring the Phase Formation of Coevaporated Lead Halide Perovskite Thin Films by in Situ X-ray Diffraction

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Abstract

Perovskite solar cells based on (CH3NH3)Pb(I,Cl)3 have recently demonstrated rapidly increasing cell efficiencies. Here, we show progress identifying phases present during the growth of (CH3NH3)Pb(I,Cl)3 perovskite thin films with the vacuum-based coevaporation approach using two sources under varying deposition conditions. With in situ X-ray diffraction, crystalline phases can be identified and monitored in real time. For different (CH3NH3)I-to-PbCl2 flux ratios, two distinct (CH3NH3)Pb(IxCl(1-x))3 phases with high (x > 0.95) and with lower (x < 0.5) iodine content as well as a broad miscibility gap in-between were found. During post deposition annealing we observe recrystallization and preferential orientation effects and finally the decomposition of the perovskite film to PbI2 at temperatures above 200 °C.

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