journal article·2024-03Open access

Buried‐Interface Engineering Enables Efficient and 1960‐Hour ISOS‐L‐2I Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

Lin Li, Mingyang Wei, Virginia Carnevali, Haipeng Zeng, Miaomiao Zeng, Ranran Liu, Nikolaos Lempesis, Felix Thomas Eickemeyer, Long Luo, Lorenzo Agosta, Mathias Dankl, Shaik M. Zakeeruddin, Ursula Roethlisberger, Michael Grätzel, Yaoguang Rong, Xiong Li

Advanced Materials· Volume 36· Issue 13

Abstract

Abstract High‐performance perovskite solar cells (PSCs) typically require interfacial passivation, yet this is challenging for the buried interface, owing to the dissolution of passivation agents during the deposition of perovskites. Here, this limitation is overcome with in situ buried‐interface passivation—achieved via directly adding a cyanoacrylic‐acid‐based molecular additive, namely BT‐T, into the perovskite precursor solution. Classical and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations reveal that BT‐T spontaneously may self‐assemble at the buried interface during the formation of the perovskite layer on a nickel oxide hole‐transporting layer. The preferential buried‐interface passivation results in facilitated hole transfer and suppressed charge recombination. In addition, residual BT‐T molecules in the perovskite layer enhance its stability and homogeneity. A power‐conversion efficiency (PCE) of 23.48% for 1.0 cm2 inverted‐structure PSCs is reported. The encapsulated PSC retains 95.4% of its initial PCE following 1960 h maximum‐power‐point tracking under continuous light illumination at 65 °C (i.e., ISOS‐L‐2I protocol). The demonstration of operating‐stable PSCs under accelerated ageing conditions represents a step closer to the commercialization of this emerging technology.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Perovskite Materials and Applications · Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films · Conducting polymers and applications

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Affiliations

Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 China

Beijing Academy of Science and Technology Beijing 100089 China

Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne CH‐1015 Switzerland

Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Lausanne CH‐1015 Switzerland

School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan 430070 China

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China · National Natural Science Foundation of China · Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung

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