With NH 4PbI 3 as the starting material, an organic cation exchange concept is employed to fabricate high-quality α-FAPbI 3 perovskite thin films.
High-quality formamidinium lead iodide (FAPbI 3) perovskite thin films are fabricated via organic cation exchange. With ammonia lead iodide (NH 4PbI 3) as the starting material, the NH 4 + in NH 4PbI 3 could be gradually substituted by FA + in formamidine acetate (FA-Ac) and simultaneously transformed to the pure phase α-FAPbI 3 at elevated temperature.