journal article·2025-11Open access

Carbon Dot‐Supported Single‐Atom Materials Boost the Efficiency and Stability of Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

Junfeng Shu, Zhuoxu Liu, Zhuo Dong, Xiong Yin, Gangfeng Su, Yuxuan Ling, Ke Zhang, Fang Zhang, Chenyan Ma, Meng He, Xiang Yang, Lu Bai, Zhan'ao Tan, Leyu Wang

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 35· Issue 45

Abstract

Abstract Buried interface engineering is a promising approach to tackling the comprehensive issue in inverted organic‐inorganic perovskite solar cells (PVSCs). Carbon dots have fascinating photo‐electronic properties, which could be precisely tailored by doping with metal single‐atoms. Here, the utilization of carbon‐dots supported Cu single‐atom materials (Cu‐CDs) as the interlayer between hole‐transporting and perovskite layers of inverted PVSCs is reported, which resulted in a substantial improvement in photovoltaic performance and a significant enhancement in both UV‐light resistance and long‐term stability. The optimal device holds a power conversion efficiency of up to 25.35% with good stability, resulting from the diverse interaction between Cu‐CDs and perovskites, particularly the formation of the Cu‐I bonds confirmed by the synchrotron‐based X‐ray absorption spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations. These findings unveil the interaction between Cu‐CDs and the perovskite layer and offer a promising strategy for the buried interface engineering of PVSCs.
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OpenAlex topics: Perovskite Materials and Applications · Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties · Conducting polymers and applications

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Affiliations

State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering Innovation Centre for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology, College of Chemistry Beijing 100029 P. R. China

Analysis and Testing Center Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China

Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BSRF) Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China

National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Beijing 100190 P. R. China

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China

CISDI Thermal & Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. Chongqing 401122 P. R. China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

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