文摘
We demonstrate the feasibility of a nonsalt-based precursor pair—inorganic HPbI<sub>3sub> solid and organic CH<sub>3sub>NH<sub>2sub> gas—for the deposition of uniform CH<sub>3sub>NH<sub>3sub>PbI<sub>3sub> perovskite thin films. The strong room-temperature solid–gas interaction between HPbI<sub>3sub> and CH<sub>3sub>NH<sub>2sub> induces transformative evolution of ultrasmooth, full-coverage perovskite thin films at a rapid rate (in seconds) from nominally processed rough, partial-coverage HPbI<sub>3sub> thin films. The chemical origin of this behavior is elucidated via in situ experiments. Perovskite solar cells, fabricated using MAPbI<sub>3sub> thin films thus deposited, deliver power conversion efficiencies up to 18.2%, attesting to the high quality of the perovskite thin films deposited using this transformative process.