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Formamidinium iodide

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Synonym(s):

Greatcell Solar®, Iminomethylamine hydriodide, Methanimidamide iodide

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
CH5IN2
Molecular Weight:
171.97
UNSPSC Code:
12352101
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.23

description

Elemental Analysis: C ~7.0%
Elemental Analysis: N ~16.3%

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Assay

≥98% (H-NMR)

form

powder

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335 °C

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SMILES string

[NH2+]=C([H])N.[I-]

InChI

1S/CH4N2.HI/c2-1-3;/h1H,(H3,2,3);1H

InChI key

QHJPGANWSLEMTI-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Formamidinium iodide (FAI) is an organic halide, which can be used as a precursor solution in the fabrication of perovskite-based heterojunction solar cells.
Formamidinium iodide (FAI) serves as a critical precursor material in the fabrication of perovskite solar cells. FAI is used in material engineering studies to investigate the impact of formamidinium incorporation on perovskite film properties and device performance.
The iodide and bromide based alkylated halides find applications as precursors for fabrication of perovskites for photovoltaic applications.

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Product of Greatcell Solar Materials Pty Ltd.
Greatcell Solar® is a registered trademark of Greatcell Solar Materials Pty Ltd
Greatcell Solar is a registered trademark of Greatcell Solar

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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High-performance photovoltaic perovskite layers fabricated through intramolecular exchange
Yang WS, et al.
Science, 348(6240), 1234-1237 (2015)
Dazheng Chen et al.
Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 9(7) (2019-07-03)
Indium thin oxide (ITO)-free planar perovskite solar cells (PSCs) were fabricated at a low temperature (150 °C) in this work based on the transparent electrode of photolithography processed nickel/gold (Ni/Au) mesh and the high conductivity polymer, PH1000. Ultrathin Au was
Ihteaz M Hossain et al.
Optics express, 28(6), 8878-8897 (2020-04-01)
The rise in the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of perovskite solar cells has triggered enormous interest in perovskite-based tandem photovoltaics. One key challenge is to achieve high transmission of low energy photons into the bottom cell. Here, nanostructured front electrodes
Long Ji et al.
Nanoscale research letters, 12(1), 367-367 (2017-05-26)
Lead-free solution-processed solid-state photovoltaic devices based on formamidinium tin triiodide (FASnI
Meng Zhang et al.
Scientific reports, 8(1), 11157-11157 (2018-07-26)
Photodetectors based on three dimensional organic-inorganic lead halide perovskites have recently received significant attention. As a new type of light-harvesting materials, formamidinium lead iodide (FAPbI3) is known to possess excellent optoelectronic properties even exceeding those of methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI3).

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