journal article·2024-09Open access

Regulating Surface Metal Abundance via Lattice‐Matched Coordination for Versatile and Environmentally‐Viable Sn‐Pb Alloying Perovskite Solar Cells

Gengling Liu, Guo Yang, Wenhuai Feng, Hui Li, Meifang Yang, Yang Zhong, Xianyuan Jiang, Wu‐Qiang Wu

Advanced Materials· Volume 36· Issue 39

Abstract

Abstract Narrow‐bandgap Sn‐Pb alloying perovskites showcased great potential in constructing multiple‐junction perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with efficiencies approaching or exceeding the Shockley‐Queisser limit. However, the uncontrollable surface metal abundance (Sn2+ and Pb2+ ions) hinders their efficiency and versatility in different device structures. Additionally, the undesired Pb distribution mainly at the buried interface accelerates the Pb leakage when devices are damaged. In this work, a novel strategy is presented to modulate crystallization kinetics and surface metal abundance of Sn‐Pb perovskites using a cobweb‐like quadrangular macrocyclic porphyrin material, which features a molecular size compatible with the perovskite lattice and robustly coordinates with Pb2+ ions, thus immobilizing them and increasing surface Pb abundance by 61%. This modulation reduces toxic Pb leakage rates by 24‐fold, with only ∼23 ppb Pb in water after severely damaged PSCs are immersed in water for 150 h.This strategy can also enhance chemical homogeneity, reduce trap density, release tensile strain and optimize carrier dynamics of Sn‐Pb perovskites and relevant devices. Encouragingly, the power conversion efficiency (PCEs) of 23.28% for single‐junction, full‐stack devices and 21.34% for hole transport layer‐free Sn‐Pb PSCs are achieved.Notably, the related monolithic all‐perovskite tandem solar cell also achieves a PCE of 27.03% with outstanding photostability.
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OpenAlex topics: Perovskite Materials and Applications · Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films · Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties

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Affiliations

Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education LIFM School of Chemistry IGCME Sun Yat‐Sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China

Center for Nano Science and Technology @PoliMi Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia via Rubattino 81 Milano 20134 Italy

Institute of Polymers and Energy Chemistry (IPEC) Nanchang University 999 Xuefu Avenue Nanchang 330031 P. R. China

School of Physical Science and Technology ShanghaiTech University Shanghai 201210 P. R. China

Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices South China University of Technology Guangzhou 510640 P. R. China

State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 P. R. China

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