Fast and Controllable Crystallization of Perovskite Films by Microwave Irradiation Process

The crystal growth process significantly influences the properties of organic-inorganic halide perovskite films along with the performance of solar cell devices. In this paper, we adopted the microwave irradiation to treat perovskite films through a one-step deposition method for several minutes at a fixed output power. It is found that the specific microwave irradiation process can evaporate the solvent directly and heat perovskite film quickly. In comparison with the conventional thermal annealing process, a microwave irradiation process assisted fast and controllable crystallization of perovskite films with less energy-loss and time-consumption and therefore resulted in the enhancement in the photovoltaic performance of the corresponding solar cells.