journal article·2024-05Open access

Ammonium Sulfate to Modulate Crystallization for High‐Performance Rigid and Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells

Yuqin Zou, Qili Song, Jungui Zhou, Shanshan Yin, Yanan Li, Fabian A. C. Apfelbeck, Tianle Zheng, Man‐Keung Fung, Cheng Mu, Peter Müller‐Buschbaum

Abstract

Abstract Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are attracting widespread research and attention as highly promising candidates in the field of electronic photovoltaics owing to their exceptional power conversion efficiency (PCE). However, rigid or flexible PSCs still face challenges in preparing full‐coverage and low‐defect perovskite films, as well as achieving highly reproducible and highly stable devices. Herein, a multifunctional additive 2‐aminoethyl hydrogen sulfate (AES) is designed to regulate the film crystallization and thereby form flat and pinhole‐free perovskite films. It is found that the introduction of AES can effectively passivate defects, restrain charge carrier recombination, and then achieve a higher fill factor. As seen with grazing incidence wide‐angle X‐ray scattering (GIWAXS), this approach does not affect the crystal orientation distribution. It is observed that AES addition shows a universality across different perovskite components since the PCE is improved up to 20.7% for FA0.97MA0.03Pb(I0.97Br0.03)3‐AES, 22.85% for Cs0.05FA0.95PbI3‐AES, 22.23% for FAPbI2.7Br0.3‐AES, and 23.32% for FAPI‐AES rigid devices. Remarkably, the non‐encapsulated flexible Cs0.05 (FA0.85MA0.15)0.95Pb(I0.85Br0.15)3 device with AES additive delivers a PCE of 20.1% and maintains over 97% of its initial efficiency under ambient conditions (25 ± 5% relative humidity) over 2280 h of aging.
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OpenAlex topics: Perovskite Materials and Applications · Conducting polymers and applications · Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films

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Affiliations

Technical University of Munich TUM School of Natural Sciences Department of Physics Chair for Functional Materials James‐Franck‐Str. 1 85748 Garching Germany

Key Laboratory of Advanced Light Conversion Materials and Biophotonics Department of Chemistry Renmin University of China Beijing 100872 P. R. China

Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon‐Based Functional Materials & Devices Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 P. R. China

Macao Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (MIMSE) MUST‐SUDA Joint Research Center for Advanced Functional Materials Zhuhai MUST Science and Technology Research Institute Macau University of Science and Technology Taipa Macau 999078 P. R. China

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft · Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst

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