Radiation Hardness and Self-Healing of Perovskite Solar Cells.

Lang, Felix; Nickel, Norbert H; Bundesmann, Jürgen; Seidel, Sophie; Denker, Andrea; Albrecht, Steve; Brus, Victor V; Rappich, Jörg et al. · Adv Mater · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The radiation hardness of CH<sub>3</sub> NH<sub>3</sub> PbI<sub>3</sub> -based solar cells is evaluated from in situ measurements during high-energy proton irradiation. These organic-inorganic perovskites exhibit radiation hardness and withstand proton doses that exceed the damage threshold of crystalline silicon by almost 3 orders of magnitude. Moreover, after termination of the proton irradiation, a self-healing process of the solar cells commences.