journal article·2026-01

Optimizing Crystallization, Defects, and Toughness with an Amphiphilic Molecule for High‐Performance Rigid and Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells

Hao Li, Chuangping Liu, Yixuan Guo, Hualin Wu, Xiaoli Zhang, Haiting Tan, Zimin Zhang, Gangsheng Zhou, Xijie Qiu, Haoxin Wen, Tianzhou Yin, Shaoming Huang

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 36· Issue 8
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Abstract

Abstract Although flexible perovskite solar cells (FPSCs) hold broad application prospects, their suboptimal power conversion efficiency (PCE) and stability that stemming from insufficient crystallinity and poor mechanical robustness, remain the primary challenges impeding commercialization. Herein, a judiciously selected amphiphilic molecule, 1‐[3,5‐bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]biguanide hydrochloride (BtFBG·HCl), is integrated into the perovskite precursor for crystallization regulation, defect passivation, and interface toughening simultaneously. The BtFBG·HCl molecules form intermediate phases with perovskite components to retard crystallization kinetics, while simultaneously passivating diverse defects through their electro‐positivity and ‐negativity groups, thereby yielding high‐quality crystals with suppressed non‐radiative recombination. Moreover, the extruded BtFBG·HCl acts as a robust interfacial bridge between SnO 2 and the perovskite layer, performing dual functions of interface toughening and structural stabilization of the device. Ultimately, the optimized rigid and flexible devices achieve excellent PCEs of 25.61 and 24.29%, accompanied by greatly improved operational stability and mechanical durability, with retaining over 90% of their initial PCEs for 1330 h maximum power point tracking in N 2 , 1000 h storage in 45 ± 5% relative humidity, 1200 h aging under continuous heating stress, and 5000 continuous bending cycles, respectively. This work may provide a new avenue for advancing efficient, stable, and durable FPSCs in the future.
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OpenAlex topics: Perovskite Materials and Applications · Conducting polymers and applications · Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films

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Affiliations

Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Low‐Dimensional Materials and Energy Storage Devices Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Energy Materials School of Materials and Energy Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou 510006 P. R. China

School of Physics and Opto‐Electronic Engineering Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Sensing Physics and System Integration Applications Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou 510006 China

State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 China

School of Chemistry and Materials Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Hangzhou 310024 China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China

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