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- Title
Suppressing Interfacial Recombination with a Strong‐Interaction Surface Modulator for Efficient Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells.
- Authors
Li, Bowei; Deng, Jun; Smith, Joel A.; Caprioglio, Pietro; Ji, Kangyu; Luo, Deying; McGettrick, James D.; Jayawardena, K. D. G. Imalka; Kilbride, Rachel C.; Ren, Aobo; Hinder, Steven; Bi, Jinxin; Webb, Thomas; Marko, Igor; Liu, Xueping; Xiang, Yuren; Reding, Josh; Li, Hui; Du, Shixuan; Lidzey, David G.
- Abstract
Successful manipulation of halide perovskite surfaces is typically achieved via the interactions between modulators and perovskites. Herein, it is demonstrated that a strong‐interaction surface modulator is beneficial to reduce interfacial recombination losses in inverted (p‐i‐n) perovskite solar cells (IPSCs). Two organic ammonium salts are investigated, consisting of 4‐hydroxyphenethylammonium iodide and 2‐thiopheneethylammonium iodide (2‐TEAI). Without thermal annealing, these two modulators can recover the photoluminescence quantum yield of the neat perovskite film in contact with fullerene electron transport layer (ETL). Compared to the hydroxyl‐functionalized phenethylammonium moiety, the thienylammonium facilitates the formation of a quasi‐2D structure onto the perovskite. Density functional theory and quasi‐Fermi level splitting calculations reveal that the 2‐TEAI has a stronger interaction with the perovskite surface, contributing to more suppressed non‐radiative recombination at the perovskite/ETL interface and improved open‐circuit voltage (VOC) of the fabricated IPSCs. As a result, the VOC increases from 1.11 to 1.20 V (based on a perovskite bandgap of 1.63 eV), yielding a power conversion efficiency (PCE) from ≈20% to 21.9% (stabilized PCE of 21.3%, the highest reported PCEs for IPSCs employing poly[N,N′′‐bis(4‐butylphenyl)‐N,N′′‐bis(phenyl)benzidine] as the hole transport layer, alongside the enhanced operational and shelf‐life stability for unencapsulated devices.
- Subjects
SOLAR cells; PEROVSKITE; SURFACE recombination; PHOTOVOLTAIC power systems; OPEN-circuit voltage; DENSITY functional theory; ELECTRON transport
- Publication
Advanced Energy Materials, 2022, Vol 12, Issue 48, p1
- ISSN
1614-6832
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/aenm.202202868