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Structural and Optical Properties of Two-Step Dip-Coated CH3NH3PbI3 Films Based on Underlying Dip-Coated PbI2 Films

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Thin films of methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI3) were deposited on glass slides under various preparation conditions by a two-step dip-coating method, using dip-coated lead iodide (PbI2) thin films as the underlying layer. The dip-coating method used involved immersion of a slowly rotating substrate in the required solution. The PbI2 film was immersed into methylammonium iodide (MAI) solution in 2-propanol for 10–60 min. The MAPbI3 films were thermally annealed at 85 °C for 10–30 min. Fundamental properties of the annealed MAPbI3 films were studied by x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry. The XRD patterns and SEM micrographs revealed single tetragonal-phase structure, with diffraction peaks became intense and narrow with increasing dipping times and upon thermal annealing. Transmittance spectra of these MAPbI3 film/glass systems declined steeply near \(780\mathrm{ nm}\), equivalent to a bandgap energy of \(1.55\mathrm{ eV}\), assigned to the MAPbI3 with optical absorption coefficient of \({10}^{5} {\mathrm{cm}}^{-1}\).

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  1. Basic Sciences Department, King Abdullah II Faculty of Engineering, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman, 11941, Jordan

    Maryam A. AbuEid & Tariq M. Al-Daraghmeh

  2. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, The University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, Jordan

    Mousa M. Abdul-Gader Jafar & Basim N. Bulos

  3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, Jordan

    Hamdallah A. Hodali

  4. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Al-Balqa Applied University, Al-Salt, 19117, Jordan

    Mahmoud H. Saleh

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AbuEid, M.A., Jafar, M.M.AG., Hodali, H.A. et al. Structural and Optical Properties of Two-Step Dip-Coated CH3NH3PbI3 Films Based on Underlying Dip-Coated PbI2 Films. J. Electron. Mater. 51, 3873–3884 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-022-09637-0

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