One-stone-for-two-birds Strategy to Attain Beyond 25% Perovskite Solar Cells

Overview

Journal Nat Commun

Specialty Biology

Date 2023 Feb 15

PMID 36792606

Authors

Tinghuan Yang

Lili Gao

Jing Lu

Chuang Ma

Yachao Du

Peijun Wang

Zicheng Ding

Shiqiang Wang

Peng Xu

Dongle Liu

Haojin Li

Xiaoming Chang

Junjie Fang

Wenming Tian

Yingguo Yang

Shengzhong Frank Liu

Kui Zhao

Affiliations

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Abstract

Even though the perovskite solar cell has been so popular for its skyrocketing power conversion efficiency, its further development is still roadblocked by its overall performance, in particular long-term stability, large-area fabrication and stable module efficiency. In essence, the soft component and ionic-electronic nature of metal halide perovskites usually chaperonage large number of anion vacancy defects that act as recombination centers to decrease both the photovoltaic efficiency and operational stability. Herein, we report a one-stone-for-two-birds strategy in which both anion-fixation and associated undercoordinated-Pb passivation are in situ achieved during crystallization by using a single amidino-based ligand, namely 3-amidinopyridine, for metal-halide perovskite to overcome above challenges. The resultant devices attain a power conversion efficiency as high as 25.3% (certified at 24.8%) with substantially improved stability. Moreover, the device without encapsulation retained 92% of its initial efficiency after 5000 h exposure in ambient and the device with encapsulation retained 95% of its initial efficiency after >500 h working at the maximum power point under continuous light irradiation in ambient. It is expected this one-stone-for-two-birds strategy will benefit large-area fabrication that desires for simplicity.

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