Synergetic Effect of Chloride Doping and CH3 NH3 PbCl3 on CH3 NH3 PbI3-x Clx Perovskite-Based Solar Cells.

The chloride-doped CH3 NH3 PbI3-x Clx perovskite has attracted great attention owing to clear performance enhancement by using a Cl additive and by the controversial arguments on Cl function and the mechanism behind it. Herein, a series of CH3 NH3 PbI3-x Clx perovskites with various Cl content was prepared through a gas/solid reaction between CH3 NH2 gas and HPbI3-x Clx (x=0-1). The small amount of Cl doping in CH3 NH3 PbI3-x Clx (x=0.05) could lead to band gap broadening and significantly increase the perovskite grain size, and the phase-pure CH3 NH3 PbI2.95 Cl0.05 perovskites exhibited up to 17.44 % efficiency. For Cl contents higher than 0.1 (x>0.1), CH3 NH3 PbCl3 formed and coexisted with CH3 NH3 PbI3-x Clx , and CH3 NH3 PbCl3 could help to improve the thermal stability of CH3 NH3 PbI3-x Clx . However, the excessive co-existing wide-band-gap CH3 NH3 PbCl3 perovskites would inhibit the electron transfer and lead to a deterioration of photovoltaic performance.