Crystal stabilization of α-FAPbI3 perovskite by rapid annealing method in industrial scale

• Main Authors: Govindhasamy Murugadoss, Prabhakarn Arunachalam, Subhendu K. Panda, Manavalan Rajesh Kumar, Jothi Ramalingam Rajabathar, Hamad Al-Lohedan, M.D. Wasmiah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021-05-01
• Series: Journal of Materials Research and Technology
• Subjects: α-FAPbI3; Phase change/stability; Microstructure; Rapid annealing; X-ray techniques
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785421003343

Organic-inorganic hybrid formamidinium lead iodide (FAPbI3) perovskite has shown tremendous attention in recently developed photovoltaics and optelectronic devices. However, it suffers from structural instability complications, particularly the spontaneous phase transition from a dark color photoactive perovskite phase (α-FAPbI3) to a yellow color photo-inactive phase (δ-FAPbI3) at room temperature. To stabilize the photoactive α-FAPbI3, several methods were employed, including compositional engineering, 2D layer deposition on the surface, and solvent engineering method. In this communication, we have proposed a facile sequential rapid annealing method to produce the photoactive α-FAPbI3 perovskite on an industrial scale, which is highly stable at room temperature. The structural, morphological, compositional, and optical properties of the perovskite were studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV–visible absorption, Laser Raman, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and field emission electron microscopy with elemental analysis (FE-SEM & EDAX). The strong characteristic diffraction peaks of cubic structure in XRD showed the proposed additives free preparation method is more adaptable for the preparation of high quality α-FAPbI3 perovskite for optoelectronic applications.