journal article·2024-01Open access

Bulk In Situ Reconstruction of Heterojunction Perovskite Enabling Stable Solar Cells Over 24% Efficiency

Shanyue Hou, Zhu Ma, Yanlin Li, Zhuowei Du, Yi Chen, Junbo Yang, Wei You, Qiang Yang, Tangjie Yu, Zhangfeng Huang, Guomin Li, Haoyu Wang, Qianyu Liu, Guangyuan Yan, Haimin Li, Yuelong Huang, Wenhua Zhang, Mojtaba Abdi‐Jalebi, Zeping Ou, Kuan Sun, Rong Su, Wei Long

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 34· Issue 4

Abstract

Abstract Heterojunction perovskite solar cells combine the stability of 2D perovskites and the high efficiency of 3D perovskites, making them an excellent photovoltaic candidate. While heterojunctions with intermixed or gradient perovskites can reduce surface recombination, the aggregation and phase distribution of 2D perovskite induce transport losses, thereby limiting device fill factors. Accordingly, a bulk in situ reconstruction (BISR) strategy is proposed to induce the reconstruction of 3D perovskites on a minim self‐assembled 2D crystal seed, forming heterojunction perovskite that runs through the entire active layer. This facilitates charge extraction, relieves tensile stress, and avoids the decomposition of perovskite on grain boundaries. As a result, the best‐performing heterojunction perovskite solar cells show a high‐power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 24.06% with 82.9% FF for the small‐area device (0.105 cm2) and a superior PCE of 19.2% for the large‐area module (5 × 5 cm2). Importantly, the unencapsulated device shows dramatically improved operational stability, maintaining 87% of its initial efficiency after 8000 h of storage under ambient atmosphere at room temperature. This work provides an effective and simple approach to establish heterojunction perovskite to simultaneously boost the efficiency and stability of PSCs.
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OpenAlex topics: Perovskite Materials and Applications · Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties · Conducting polymers and applications

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Affiliations

School of New Energy and Materials Southwest Petroleum University Chengdu 610500 China

Huzhou Phoenixolar Technology Co., Ltd Huzhou 313200 China

School of Materials and Energy Yunnan University Kunming 650091 China

Institute for Materials Discovery University College London Malet Place London WC1E 7JE UK

Key Laboratory of Low‐grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems (MoE) School of Energy and Power Engineering Chongqing University Chongqing 400044 China

Tongwei Solar Co., Ltd. Chengdu 610200 China

Funding

Southwest Petroleum University · Sichuan Province Science and Technology Support Program

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