DOI: 10.1039/d3ta07598b ISSN: 2050-7488
A europium shuttle for launching perovskites to space: using Eu2+/Eu3+ redox chemistry to boost photostability and radiation hardness of complex lead halides
Marina I. Ustinova, Lyubov A. Frolova, Alexandra V. Rasmetyeva, Nikita A. Emelianov, Maxim N. Sarychev, Gennadii V. Shilov, Pavel P. Kushch, Nadezhda N. Dremova, Galina A. Kichigina, Andrey I. Kukharenko, Dmitry P. Kiryukhin, Ernst Z. Kurmaev, Ivan S. Zhidkov, Pavel A. TroshinThe incorporation of Eu2+ cations in lead-halide perovskites improves their photostability and radiation hardness with respect to γ-rays and high-energy electron fluences, which are the key prerequisites for aerospace applications of PSCs.