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Bilateral Chemical Bridging Enables Efficient Ultra‐Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells With Improved Extreme Mechanical Durability

Zhiyong Wang, Zheng Lv, Guozhen Liu, Henan Li, Siao Li, Yilin Gao, Hongru Ma, Qingshun Dong, Mingzhu Pei, Zhehan Ying, Ying Yan, Yantao Shi

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 35· Issue 49
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Abstract

Abstract Ultra‐flexible perovskite solar cells (UF‐PSCs) with superior power‐to‐weight ratio have enormous application potential in the aerospace field. However, structural integrity and functional stability of UF‐PSCs remains a significant challenge under such extreme conditions, which are mainly caused by insufficient bonding and thus damage of the physically‐contact‐only perovskite buried interfaces. Herein, to solve this problem, imidazole bromide (IMBr) interface linker with bilateral linking ability is employed to harmonize the bonding between perovskite and substrate. It is demonstrated that the imidazole cations can anchor to poly(3,4‐ethlenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate through hydrogen bonds and connect to Pb‐I by coordination bonds, resulting in low‐defect and robust perovskite‐substrate interface at the same time. The interfacial tensile test reveals that the tensile resistance of the buried interface is increased by 2.76 times, which will directly improve the ultimate bending resistance of UF‐PSCs. Finally, the strategy increased the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of UF‐PSCs from 16.87% to 20.45%, the highest efficiencies reported so far. The UF‐PSCs demonstrates unprecedented bending stability after extreme deformation, retaining 82.4% and 89.4% of their initial PCEs after 10,000 and 200 cycles at radii of 0.5 and 0.25 mm, respectively. This work advances the potential application of UF‐PSCs in the aerospace sector.
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OpenAlex topics: Perovskite Materials and Applications · Conducting polymers and applications · Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties

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Affiliations

State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals School of Chemistry Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials Dalian University of Technology Dalian 116024 China

State Key Laboratory of High‐Performance Precision Manufacturing Dalian University of Technology Dalian 116024 China

Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser Ion and Electron Beams (Ministry of Education) School of Physics Dalian University of Technology Dalian 116024 China

School of Integrated Circuits Dalian University of Technology Dalian 116620 China

State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and the Dynamic Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China

Materials Characterization and Preparation Facility (GZ) The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) Guangzhou 511453 China

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities · China Postdoctoral Science Foundation · National Natural Science Foundation of China · National Key Research and Development Program of China

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