journal article·2026-06

Crystallographic and Stoichiometric Control of ALD‐SnO 2 Interconnects for Efficient Flexible Perovskite‐organic‐tandem Photovoltaics

Yiyang He, Zihui Liang, Yang Li, Yong Wang, Lizhi Ren, Jin Qian, Kai Wang, Yong Li, Minyong Du, Haitao Luo, Dong Yang, Shengzhong Liu

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 36· Issue 44
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Abstract

ABSTRACT Perovskite‐organic‐tandem photovoltaics (POT‐PVs) are a promising next‐generation photovoltaic technology, offering low‐cost solution processability, tunable bandgap alignment, and high subcell compatibility. However, the interconnect layer remains a major bottleneck due to (i) solvent‐induced degradation from the aqueous PEDOT:PSS used in organic subcells, (ii) poor energetic alignment and inefficient carrier recombination at the interface, and (iii) instability arising from insufficiently dense or chemically unstable interlayers. In this work, we address these challenges by engineering atomic layer deposited SnO 2 as the interconnect layer via temperature‐controlled crystallization, which tunes surface energy to expose low‐energy crystalline facets and modulates the film's stoichiometric composition. This chemi‐electronic control establishes an energetically well‐aligned and electrically benign heterojunction between the perovskite bottom cell and the organic top cell, forming a compact, chemically stable interface that supports robust top‐cell fabrication. As a result, without sacrificing the performance of the subcells, we demonstrate a power conversion efficiency of 25.90% (certified 25.47%) for rigid POT‐PVs and 24.39% for flexible tandem devices, elevating the performance of flexible POT‐PVs to a level comparable to that of rigid, highlighting the promise of this strategy for high‐efficiency flexible photovoltaics. Meanwhile, the 1.80 eV perovskite subcell achieves a recorded efficiency of 20.58%, highlighting the compatibility of this work.
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OpenAlex topics: Perovskite Materials and Applications · Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics · Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research

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Affiliations

Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology National Ministry of Education School of Materials Science and Engineering Shaanxi Normal University Xi'an China

State Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Conversion and Utilization of Solar Energy Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian China

National Local Joint Laboratory for Advanced Textile Processing and Clean Production Wuhan Textile University Wuhan China

Huanjiang Laboratory School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Zhejiang University Zhuji China

State Key Laboratory of Robotics Shenyang Institute of Automation Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenyang China

Funding

Chinese Academy of Sciences · Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province · Wuhan Textile University · National Natural Science Foundation of China

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