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Enhancing Indoor Photovoltaic Efficiency to 37.6% Through Triple Passivation Reassembly and n‐Type to p‐Type Modulation in Wide Bandgap Perovskites

Siming Huang, Shanyue Hou, Galyam Sanfo, Jingdong Xu, Yuting Wang, Himal Muwanwella, Lukas Pfeifer, Xiang Liu, Shaik M Zakeeruddin, Yuelong Huang, Michael Grätzel, Muhammad Tariq Sajjad, Mojtaba Abdi‐Jalebi

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 35· Issue 40

Abstract

Abstract Despite well‐matching indoor illumination spectra, the performance of wide bandgap perovskite solar cells (WB‐PSCs) for indoor photovoltaics (i‐PV) is hindered by photo‐induced halide phase segregation and trap‐assisted non‐radiative recombination. Herein, a Triple Passivation Treatment (TPT) reassembly strategy is presented to simultaneously suppress bulk and surface defects. TPT induces a transition in perovskite surface energetics from n‐type to p‐type and remarkably increases the photoluminescence quantum yield from 0.5 to 2.1%, creating a more favorable band alignment for hole extraction whilst substantially reducing halide phase segregation. As a result, 1.75 eV WB‐PSCs achieve an indoor Power Conversion Efficiency (iPCE) of 37.6% under 1000 lux illumination. Under standard sunlight conditions, the devices reach a Power Conversion Efficiency (PCE) of 20.1% and a fill factor of 78.5%, among the best performance parameters for this bandgap. Importantly, the passivated devices exhibit excellent shelf stability, retaining 92% of their initial performance after 3200 h. Under ambient air conditions at 55 °C, the unencapsulated devices maintained 76% of their initial PCE after 300 h continuous light soaking. The findings represent a significant breakthrough in the development of stable WB‐PSCs for i‐PV applications, with minimized nonradiative losses and enhanced performance.
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OpenAlex topics: Perovskite Materials and Applications · Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films · Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties

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Affiliations

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

Ordos New Energy Research Institute Ordos 017000 China

Department of Materials Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ UK

School of Engineering and Design London South Bank University 103 Borough Road London SE1 0AA UK

Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Lausanne 1015 Switzerland

Phoenixolar Co. Ltd Huzhou Zhejiang 313200 China

Funding

Henry Royce Institute · Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

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