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Improving ambient stability of BiI3-based perovskites using different phosphoniums as the organic cation

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Perovskites solar cells have reached impressive efficiencies (22%) in recent years. Because certain environmental concerns are raised by the use of lead halides, there is an interest to seek out lead-free alternatives, featuring bismuth or antimony. Alongside, one of the major drawbacks displayed by MAPbI3 is their low stability at ambient conditions. In this work, (RP4)xBiyIz were synthesized, using different types of tetra-alkylphosphoniums (R4PI) were R = ethyl, butyl, hexyl, and octyl, to assess their stability. Afterwards, they were characterized to study their morphology and crystal structure, as well as their optical properties.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support received through the projects 256766 CONACYT-SENER and CONACyT-FC-2015-2-1252.

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  1. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, UANL, Fac. de Ciencias Químicas, FCQ, Av. Universidad S/N, Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, C.P. 66450, México

    Diana F. Garcia-Gutierrez, Domingo I. Garcia-Gutierrez, Diego González-Quijano, Itzel A. Abarca-Villarreal, Sofia F. Galindo-Garza & Eduardo M. Sanchez

  2. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, UANL, Fac. de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, FIME, Av. Universidad S/N, Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, C.P. 66450, México

    Diana F. Garcia-Gutierrez

  3. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, UANL, División de Estudios de Posgrado FCQ, Guerrero y Progreso S/N, Col. Treviño, Monterrey, Nuevo León, C.P. 64570, México

    Diana F. Garcia-Gutierrez, Diego González-Quijano & Eduardo M. Sanchez

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Garcia-Gutierrez, D.F., Garcia-Gutierrez, D.I., González-Quijano, D. et al. Improving ambient stability of BiI3-based perovskites using different phosphoniums as the organic cation. MRS Communications 8, 878–884 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2018.86

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