journal article·2024-08Open access

Dual Defect Passivation at the Buried Interface for Printable Mesoscopic Perovskite Solar Cells with Reduced Open‐Circuit Voltage Loss

Dang Xu, Dongjie Wang, Jiale Liu, Jianhang Qi, Kai Chen, Wending Zhu, Ying Tao, Zheling Zhang, Anyi Mei, Jian Zhang

Small· Volume 20· Issue 31

Abstract

Abstract Numerous defects exist at the buried interface between the perovskite and adjacent electron transport layers in perovskite solar cells, resulting in severe non‐radiative recombination and excessive open‐circuit voltage (VOC) loss. Herein, a dual defect passivation strategy utilizing guanidine sulfate (GUA2SO4) as an interface modifier is first reported. On the one hand, the SO42− preferentially interacts with Pb‐related defects, generating water‐insoluble lead oxysalts complexes. Additionally, GUA+ diffuses into the perovskite and induces the formation of low‐dimensional perovskite. These reactions effectively suppress trap states at the buried interface and perovskite boundaries in printable mesoscopic perovskite solar cells (p‐MPSCs), thus increasing the carrier lifetime. Meanwhile, GUA2SO4 optimizes the interface energy band alignment, thus accelerating the charge extraction and transfer at the buried interface. This synergistic effect of trap passivation and interface energy band alignment modulation is strongly demonstrated by an increase in average VOC of 70 mV and the power conversion efficiency improvement from 17.51% to 18.70%. This work provides a novel approach to efficiently improve the performance of p‐MPSCs through dual‐targeted defect passivation at the buried interface.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Perovskite Materials and Applications · Conducting polymers and applications · Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films

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Affiliations

Engineering Research Center of Electronic Information Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Guilin University of Electronic Technology Guilin Guangxi 541004 P. R. China

Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan Hubei 430074 P. R. China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials · Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province

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