journal article·2024-05Open access

The Effect of Interfacial Humidity on the Printing of Highly Reproducible Perovskite Solar Cells in the Air

Shuaishuai Guo, Baojin Fan, Shengyi Yao, Li Rao, Shaohua Zhang, Xiaotian Hu, Yiwang Chen

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 34· Issue 21

Abstract

Abstract Moisture is a double‐edged sword in the nucleation and crystallization of perovskite films. In the presence of appropriate moisture in the air, grain boundaries are expected to merge neighboring grains, promoting the conversion of unreacted ions, resulting in large grains and pinhole‐free films. Adversely, excessive moisture can have detrimental effects on perovskite by damaging its crystalline structure. Controlling humidity precisely and removing excessive moisture from the interface is crucial to the printing of high‐quality and reproducible films in the air, which will undoubtedly promote the rapid commercialization of perovskite solar cells. Here, a method for high‐yield printing of perovskite films is developed using interfacial moisture as a research object. The finite element simulation reveals that interfacial moisture is the key factor affecting the quality of perovskite film formation, regardless of the ambient moisture. The results show that when the interfacial humidity is in the range of 7%–25%, the films exhibit high‐quality crystallization. The devices produced by this method exhibit a yield of 92%, indicating a promising pathway to attain highly reproducible perovskite films with superior optoelectronic properties. The air‐printing process will provide a broad guide to the commercial manufacture of high‐performance perovskite optoelectronic devices.
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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

School of Physics and Materials Science/Institute of Polymers and Energy Chemistry (IPEC)/Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of New Energy Chemistry Nanchang University 999 Xuefu Avenue Nanchang 330031 China

School of future technology Nanchang University Nanchang 330031 China

Peking University Yangtze Delta Institute of Optoelectronics Nantong 226010 China

Key Lab of Fluorine and Silicon for Energy Materials and Chemistry of Ministry of Education Jiangxi Normal University 99 Ziyang Avenue Nanchang 330022 China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province

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