journal article·2025-08

Sulfonic Surfactant Promises Uniform Wide‐Bandgap Perovskite Solar Modules for All‐Perovskite Tandem Photovoltaics

Jun Yan, Xinzhao Zhao, Mingyu Li, Tianjun Ma, Dingfu Luo, Hao Wang, Xuke Yang, Hsien‐Yi Hsu, Ying Zhou, Chao Chen, Haisheng Song, Jiang Tang

Advanced Energy Materials· Volume 15· Issue 32
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Abstract

Abstract The development of scalable all‐perovskite tandem solar cells offers a promising pathway for perovskite photovoltaic commercialization. However, the certified efficiency of all‐perovskite tandem mini‐modules still lags much behind their small‐area (≈0.1 cm2) counterparts. This performance gap primarily stems from inhomogeneities and inferior crystallinity in wide‐bandgap (WBG) perovskite solar cells (PSCs) when scaling up. In this work, we introduced 3‐(N, N‐Dimethyloctylammonio) propananesulfonate inner salt (DOPS) as an ionic surfactant additive to suppress pinhole formation and enhance the uniformity of large‐area perovskite films. The well‐designed interaction between DOPS and WBG compositions effectively regulates the crystallization process and passivates the uncoordinated Pb2+, resulting in a uniform and high‐quality WBG perovskite film with suppressed non‐radiative recombination. These improvements enable champion efficiencies of 19.57% and 16.38% for WBG PSCs with aperture areas of 1.0 and 20.07 cm2, respectively. Furthermore, when integrating this optimized WBG device into all‐perovskite tandem solar cells, it yields impressive PCEs of 27.82% (1.0 cm2) and 23.41% (20.07 cm2). Overall, these findings present an effective strategy for enhancing large‐area uniformity via the surfactant synergistic effect of crystallization regulation and defect passivation.
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OpenAlex topics: Perovskite Materials and Applications · Conducting polymers and applications · Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties

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Affiliations

Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) Huazhong University of Science and Technology 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan Hubei 430074 P. R. China

School of Optical and Electronic Information (SOEI) Huazhong University of Science and Technology 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan Hubei 430074 P. R. China

School of Energy and Environment & Department of Materials Science and Engineering City University of Hong Kong Kowloon Tong Hong Kong 999077 P. R. China

Optics Valley Laboratory 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan Hubei 430074 P. R. China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China

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