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Yun T, Cai H, Lyu W, Lu X, Gao X, Liu JM, Wu S. Regulation of the Buried Interface to Achieve Efficient HTL-Free All-Inorganic CsPbI 2Br-Based Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024. [PMID: 39389914 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c13156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/12/2024]
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The large voltage loss (Vloss) mainly stems from the mismatch between the perovskite film and electron transport layer in CsPbI2Br-based all-inorganic perovskite solar cells (I-PSCs), which restricts the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of devices. To address this issue, potassium benzoate (BAP) is first introduced as a bifunctional passivation material to regulate the TiO2/CsPbI2Br interface, reduce the Vloss, and improve the photovoltaic performance of CsPbI2Br-based I-PSCs. Eventually, the champion PCE of CsPbI2Br-based I-PSCs without a hole transport layer modified by BAP (Target-PSCs) improves to 14.90% from the 12.14% of reference PSCs. The open-circuit voltage (Voc) increases to 1.27 V from the initial 1.14 V after BAP modification. A series of characterizations show that BAP modification can not only optimize the energy level alignment of I-PSCs but also passivize the surface defects caused by uncoordinated Cs+/Pb2+. Moreover, the Target-PSCs without encapsulation demonstrate better thermal stability, which can maintain 107.6% of the original PCE after annealing at 160 °C for 140 min in humid air. While the reference PSCs only maintain 76.5% of their initial PCE after annealing at the same process. This work provides a simple strategy to modify the buried interface and improve the performance of CsPbI2Br-based I-PSCs.
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- Tong Yun
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Tang J, Lin Y, Yan H, Lin J, Rao H, Pan Z, Zhong X. 20.1 % Certified Efficiency of Planar Hole Transport Layer-Free Carbon-Based Perovskite Solar Cells by Spacer Cation Chain Length Engineering of 2D Perovskites. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202406167. [PMID: 38818573 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202406167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2024] [Revised: 05/22/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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The planar triple-layer hole transport layer (HTL)-free carbon-based perovskite solar cells (C-PSCs) have outstanding advantages of low cost and high stability, but are limited by low efficiency. The formation of a 3D/2D heterojunction has been widely proven to enhance device performance. However, the 2D perovskite possesses multiple critical properties associated with 3D perovskite, including defect passivation, energy level, and charge transport properties, all of which can impact device performance. It is challenging to find a powerful means to achieve comprehensive regulation and trade-off of these key properties. Herein, we propose a chain-length engineering of alkylammonium spacer cations to achieve this goal. The results show that the 2D perovskite formed by short-chain alkylammonium cations primarily acts to passivate defects. With the increase in cation chain length, the 2D perovskite achieves a more matched energy level with 3D perovskite, enhancing the built-in electric field and promoting charge separation. However, the further increase in chain length impedes the charge transport due to the insulativity of organic cations. Comprehensively, the 2D perovskite formed by tetradecylammonium cations achieves the optimal balance of defect passivation, interface charge separation, and charge transport. The planar HTL-free C-PSCs exhibit a new record efficiency of 20.40 % (certified 20.1 %).
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- Jiawei Tang
- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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Li J, Qi Z, Yang P, Tang Q, Duan J. Air-fabricated CsPbIBr 2 perovskite film for efficient and stable solar cells by a triacetyl resveratrol additive. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:8617-8620. [PMID: 39046254 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc02293a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/25/2024]
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Herein, we demonstrate that triacetyl resveratrol (TRES) can be employed as an antioxidant additive to suppress the formation of oxidation-induced defects in air-fabricated perovskite films. When assembling into carbon-based CsPbIBr2 and CsPbI2Br cells, an enhanced efficiency of 10.38% and 14.98% has been achieved, with nearly unchanged efficiency after 1128 h of shelf storage in air and 86% of the initial efficiency after >1000 h aging at 85 °C.
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- Jiabao Li
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Technique & Preparation for Renewable Energy Materials, Ministry of Education, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, P. R. China.
- Institute of Carbon Neutrality, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Technique & Preparation for Renewable Energy Materials, Ministry of Education, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Technique & Preparation for Renewable Energy Materials, Ministry of Education, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Carbon Neutrality, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Carbon Neutrality, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China.
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China.
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Lin J, Huang R, Peng X, Zhang J, Zhang G, Wang W, Pan Z, Rao H, Zhong X. Eliminating Hole Extraction Barrier in 1D/3D Perovskite Heterojunction for Efficient and Stable Carbon-Based CsPbI 3 Solar Cells with a Record Efficiency. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2404561. [PMID: 38884377 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202404561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2024] [Revised: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024]
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Carbon-based perovskite solar cells (C-PSCs) have the advantages of low-cost and high-stability, but their photovoltaic performance is limited by severe defect-induced recombination and low hole extraction efficiency. 1D perovskite is proven to effectively passivate the defects on the perovskite surface, therefore reducing non-radiative recombination loss. However, the unsuitable energy level of most 1D perovskite renders an undesired downward band bending for 3D perovskite, resulting in a high hole extraction barrier and reduced hole extraction efficiency. Therefore, rational design and selection of 1D perovskites as the modifiers are essential in balancing defect passivation and hole extraction. In this work, based on simulation calculations, thiocholine iodide (TchI) is selected to prepare 1D perovskite with high work function and then constructs TchPbI3/CsPbI3 1D/3D perovskite heterojunction. Experimental results show that this strategy eliminates the hole extraction barrier at the perovskite/carbon interface, which improves the hole extraction efficiency of corresponding devices. Meanwhile, the strong interaction between the thiol group and Pb suppresses defect-induced recombination effectively and improves the stability of CsPbI3. The assembled C-PSCs exhibit a champion efficiency of 19.08% and a certified efficiency of 18.7%. To the best of the knowledge, this is a new efficiency record for inorganic C-PSCs.
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- Jiage Lin
- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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Saha RA, Chiu WH, Degutis G, Chen P, Filez M, Solano E, Orlov N, De Angelis F, Ariza R, Meneghini C, Detavernier C, Mali SS, Hoang MT, Yang Y, Garnett EC, Wang L, Wang H, Roeffaers MBJ, Steele JA. Oxygen-Mediated (0D) Cs 4PbX 6 Formation during Open-Air Thermal Processing Improves Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cell Performance. ACS NANO 2024; 18:16994-17006. [PMID: 38898819 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c03222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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The desire to commercialize perovskite solar cells continues to mount, motivating the development of scalable production. Evaluations of the impact of open-air processing have revealed a variety of physical changes in the fabricated devices─with few changes having the capacity to be functionalized. Here, we highlight the beneficial role of ambient oxygen during the open-air thermal processing of metastable γ-CsPbI3-based perovskite thin films and devices. Physiochemical-sensitive probes elucidate oxygen intercalation and the formation of Pb-O bonds in the CsPbI3 crystal, entering via iodine vacancies at the surface, creating superoxide (O2-) through electron transfer reactions with molecular oxygen, which drives the formation of a zero-dimensional Cs4PbI6 capping layer during annealing (>330 °C). The chemical conversion permanently alters the film structure, helping to shield the subsurface perovskite from moisture and introduces lattice anchoring sites, stabilizing otherwise unstable γ-CsPbI3 films. This functional modification is demonstrated in γ-CsPbI2Br perovskite solar cells, boosting the operational stability and photoconversion efficiency of champion devices from 12.7 to 15.4% when annealed in dry air. Such findings prompt a reconsideration of glovebox-based perovskite solar cell research and establish a scenario where device fabrication can in fact greatly benefit from ambient oxygen.
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- Rafikul Ali Saha
- cMACS, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia
- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia
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- cMACS, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- cMACS, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
- Conformal Coating of Nanomaterials (CoCooN), Department of Solid State Sciences, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281/S1, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- NCD-SWEET Beamline, ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, 08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Science, Roma Tre University, via Della Vasca Navale 84, 00146 Rome, Italy
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- cMACS, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Department of Science, Roma Tre University, via Della Vasca Navale 84, 00146 Rome, Italy
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- Conformal Coating of Nanomaterials (CoCooN), Department of Solid State Sciences, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281/S1, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Polymer Energy Materials Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, South Korea
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia
- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia
- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia
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- Center for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia
- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia
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- cMACS, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
- School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Wang W, Zhang J, Guo H, Pan Z, Rao H, Zhang G, Zhong X. Limitations and Progresses in Carbon-Based Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells. CHEMSUSCHEM 2024; 17:e202301761. [PMID: 38308586 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202301761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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Inorganic cesium lead halide perovskites (CsPbIxBr3-x, 0≤x≤3) are promising alternatives with great thermal stability. Additionally, the choice of moisture-resistive and dopant-free carbon as the electrode material can simultaneously solve the problems of stability and cost. Therefore, carbon electrode-based inorganic PSCs (C-IPSCs) represent a promising candidate for commercialization, yet both the efficiencies and stability of related devices demand further progress. This article reviews the recent advancement of C-IPSCs and then unravels the distinctive merits and limitations in this field. Subsequently, our perspective on various modification strategies is analyzed on a methodological level. Finally, this article outlooks the promising research contents and the remaining unresolved issues in this field. We believe that understanding and analyzing the related problems in this field are instructive to stimulate the future development of C-IPSCs.
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- Wenran Wang
- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, No. 483 Wushan Road, 510642, Guangzhou, China
- College of Chemistry and Civil Engineering, Shaoguan University, 512005, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Utilization and Conservation of Food and Medicinal Resources in Northern Region, Shaoguan University, 512005, Shaoguan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, No. 483 Wushan Road, 510642, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry and Civil Engineering, Shaoguan University, 512005, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Utilization and Conservation of Food and Medicinal Resources in Northern Region, Shaoguan University, 512005, Shaoguan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, No. 483 Wushan Road, 510642, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, No. 483 Wushan Road, 510642, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, No. 483 Wushan Road, 510642, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, No. 483 Wushan Road, 510642, Guangzhou, China
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Qi Z, Li J, Zhang X, Dou J, Guo Q, Zhao Y, Yang P, Tang Q, Duan J. Healing the Buried Interface by a Plant-Derived Green Passivator for Carbon-Based CsPbIBr 2 Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024. [PMID: 38489750 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c01876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted extensive attention in photovoltaic applications owing to their superior efficiency, and the buried interface plays a significant role in determining the efficiency and stability of PSCs. Herein, a plant-derived small molecule, ergothioneine (ET), is adopted to heal the defective buried interface of CsPbIBr2-based PSC to improve power conversion efficiency (PCE). Because of the strong interaction between Lewis base groups (-C═O and -C═S) in ET and uncoordinated Pb2+ in the perovskite film from the theoretical simulations and experimental results, the defect density of the CsPbIBr2 perovskite film is significantly reduced, and therefore, the nonradiative recombination in the corresponding device is simultaneously suppressed. Consequently, the target device achieves a high PCE of 11.13% with an open-circuit voltage (VOC) of 1.325 V for hole-free, carbon-based CsPbIBr2 PSCs and 14.56% with a VOC of 1.308 V for CsPbI2Br PSCs. Furthermore, because of the increased ion migration energy, the detrimental phase segregation in this mixed-halide perovskite is weakened, delivering excellent long-term stability for the unencapsulated device in ambient conditions over 70 days with a 96% retention rate of initial efficiency.
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- Ziting Qi
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Technique and Preparation for Renewable Energy Materials, Ministry of Education, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, PR China
- Institute of Carbon Neutrality, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, PR China
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Technique and Preparation for Renewable Energy Materials, Ministry of Education, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, PR China
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- Institute of Carbon Neutrality, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, PR China
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- Institute of Carbon Neutrality, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, PR China
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- Institute of Carbon Neutrality, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, PR China
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- College of Energy Storage Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Technique and Preparation for Renewable Energy Materials, Ministry of Education, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, PR China
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- Institute of Carbon Neutrality, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, PR China
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- Institute of Carbon Neutrality, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, PR China
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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Wu S, Yun T, Zheng C, Luo X, Qiu P, Yu H, Wang Q, Gao J, Lu X, Gao X, Shui L, Wu S, Liu JM. Ionic Liquid Bridge Assisting Bifacial Defect Passivation for Efficient All-Inorganic Perovskite Cells with High Open-Circuit Voltage. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:7297-7309. [PMID: 38305856 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c17813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Serious open-circuit voltage (Voc) loss originating from nonradiative recombination and mismatch energy level at TiO2/perovskite buried interface dramatically limits the photovoltaic performance of all-inorganic CsPbIxBr3-x (x = 1, 2) perovskite solar cells (PSCs) fabricated through low-temperature methods. Here, an ionic liquid (IL) bridge is constructed by introducing 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate (BMIMAc) IL to treat the TiO2/perovskite buried interface, bilaterally passivate defects and modulate energy alignment. Therefore, the Voc of all-inorganic CsPbIBr2 PSCs modified by BMIMAc (Target-1) significantly increases by 148 mV (from 1.213 to 1.361 V), resulting in the efficiency increasing to 10.30% from 7.87%. Unsealed Target-1 PSCs show outstanding long-term and thermal stability. During the accelerated degradation process (85 °C, RH: 50∼60%), the Target-1 PSCs achieve a champion PCE of 11.94% with a remarkable Voc of 1.403 V, while the control PSC yields a promising PCE of 10.18% with a Voc of 1.319 V. In particular, the Voc of 1.403 V is the highest Voc reported so far in carbon-electrode-based CsPbIBr2 PSCs. Moreover, this strategy enables the modified all-inorganic CsPbI2Br PSCs to achieve a Voc of 1.295 V and a champion efficiency of 15.20%, which is close to the reported highest PCE of 15.48% for all-inorganic CsPbI2Br PSCs prepared by a low-temperature process. This study provides a simple BMIMAc IL bridge to assist bifacial defect passivation and elevate the photovoltaic performance of all-inorganic CsPbIxBr3-x (x = 1, 2) PSCs.
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- Shengcheng Wu
- Institute for Advanced Materials and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Institute for Advanced Materials and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Institute for Advanced Materials and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Institute for Advanced Materials and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Institute for Advanced Materials and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Institute for Advanced Materials and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Institute for Advanced Materials and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Institute for Advanced Materials and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Institute for Advanced Materials and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Institute for Advanced Materials and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Institute for Advanced Materials and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Institute for Advanced Materials and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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Zhang W, Liu H, Yan F, Dong B, Wang HL. Recent Progress of Low-Toxicity Poor-Lead All-Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells. SMALL METHODS 2024; 8:e2300421. [PMID: 37350508 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202300421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have achieved an impressive certified efficiency of 25.7%, which is comparatively higher than that of commercial silicon solar cells (23.3%), showing great potential toward commercialization. However, the low stability and high toxicity due to the presence of volatile organic components and toxic metal lead in the perovskites pose significant challenges. To obtain robust and low-toxicity PSCs, substituting organic cations with pure inorganic cations, and partially or fully replacing the toxic Pb with environmentally benign metals, is one of the promising methods. To date, continuous efforts have been made toward the construction of highly performed low-toxicity inorganic PSCs with astonishing breakthroughs. This review article provides an overview of recent progress in inorganic PSCs in terms of lead-reduced and lead-free compositions. The physical properties of poor-lead all-inorganic perovskites are discussed to unveil the major challenges in this field. Then, it reports notable achievements for the experimental studies to date to figure out feasible methods for efficient and stable poor-lead all-inorganic PSCs. Finally, a discussion of the challenges and prospects for poor-lead all-inorganic PSCs in the future is presented.
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- Weihai Zhang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
- Key University Laboratory of Highly Efficient Utilization of Solar Energy and Sustainable Development of Guangdong, Key Laboratory of Electric Driving Force Energy Materials of Guangdong, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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Yue Y, Yang R, Zhang W, Cheng Q, Zhou H, Zhang Y. Cesium Cyclopropane Acid-Aided Crystal Growth Enables Efficient Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells with a High Moisture Tolerance. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202315717. [PMID: 37991408 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202315717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
Abstract
While all-inorganic halide perovskites (iHPs) are promising photovoltaic materials, the associated water sensitivity of iHPs calls for stringent humidity control to reach satisfactory photovoltaic efficiencies. Herein, we report a moisture-insensitive perovskite formation route under ambient air for CsPbI2 Br-based iHPs via cesium cyclopropane acids (C3 ) as a compound introducer. With this approach, appreciably enhanced crystallization quality and moisture tolerance of CsPbI2 Br are attained. The improvements are attributed to the modified evaporation enthalpy of the volatile side product of DMA-acid initiated by Cs-acids. As such, the water-involving reaction is directed toward the DMA-acids, leaving the target CsPbI2 Br perovskites insensitive to ambient humidity. We highlight that by controlling the C3 concentration, the dependence of power conversion efficiency (PCE) in CsPbI2 Br devices on the humidity level during perovskite film formation becomes favorably weakened, with the PCEs remaining relatively high (>15 %) associated with improved device stability for RH levels changed from 25 % to 65 %. The champion solar cells yield an impressive PCE exceeding 17 %, showing small degradations (<10 %) for 2000 hours of shell storage and 300 hours of 85/85 (temperature/humidity) tests. The demonstrated C3 -based strategy provides an enabler for improving the long-sought moisture-stability of iHPs toward high photovoltaic device performance.
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- Yaochang Yue
- Heeger Research and Development Center, School of Chemistry, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China
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- Heeger Research and Development Center, School of Chemistry, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China
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- Heeger Research and Development Center, School of Chemistry, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Heeger Research and Development Center, School of Chemistry, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China
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Li L, Guo Z, Fan R, Zhou H. Anti-corrosion strategy to improve the stability of perovskite solar cells. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:8473-8490. [PMID: 37067337 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr00051f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
Abstract
In recent years, perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have been considered as one of the most promising photovoltaic technologies due to their solution processing, cost effectiveness, and excellent performance. The highest certified power conversion efficiency (PCE) achieved to date is 25.8%, which is approaching the best PCE of 26.81% achieved for silicon-based cells. However, perovskite materials are susceptible to various aging stressors, such as humidity, oxygen, temperature, and electrical bias, which hinder the industrialization of perovskite photovoltaic technologies. In this review, we discuss the lifetime of PSCs from the perspective of corrosion science. On one hand, benefiting from a series of anti-corrosion strategies (passivation, surface coating, machining etc.) used in corrosion science, the stability of perovskite devices is remarkably enhanced; on the other hand, given that perovskites are soft crystal lattices, which are different from traditional metals, the revealed degradation processes and specific methods to improve device operation stability can be applied to the field of corrosion, which can enrich and expand corrosion science.
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- Liang Li
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Theory and Technology of Advanced Battery Materials, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Theory and Technology of Advanced Battery Materials, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Theory and Technology of Advanced Battery Materials, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Theory and Technology of Advanced Battery Materials, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China.
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Nie J, Niu B, Wang Y, He Z, Zhang X, Zheng H, Lei Y, Zhong P, Ma X. Multi-functional MXene quantum dots enhance the quality of perovskite polycrystalline films and charge transport for solar cells. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 646:517-528. [PMID: 37209551 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.05.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Recently, two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides/nitrides (MXenes) find applications in perovskite solar cells (PSCs), due to their high conductivity, tunable electronic structures, and rich surface chemistry, etc. However, the integration of 2D MXenes into PSCs is limited by their large lateral sizes and relatively-small surface volume ratios, and the roles of MXenes in PSCs are still ambiguous. In this paper, zero-dimensional (0D) MXene quantum dots (MQDs) with an average size of 2.7 nm are obtained through clipping step by step combining a chemical etching and a hydrothermal reaction, which display rich terminals (i.e., -F, -OH, -O) and unique optical properties. The 0D MQDs incorporated into SnO2 electron transport layers (ETLs) of PSCs exhibit multifunction: 1) increasing the electrical conductivity of SnO2, 2) promoting better alignments of energy band positions at the perovskite/ETL interface, 3) improving the film quality of atop polycrystalline perovskite. Particularly, the MQDs not only tightly bond with the Sn atom for decreasing the defects of SnO2, but also interact with the Pb2+ of perovskite. As a result, the defect density of PSCs is significantly decreased from 5.21 × 1021 to 6.4 × 1020 cm-3, leading to enhanced charge transport and reduced nonradiative recombination. Furthermore, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of PSCs is substantially improved from 17.44% to 21.63% using the MQDs-SnO2 hybrid ETL compared with the SnO2 ETL. Besides, the stability of the MQDs-SnO2-based PSC is greatly enhanced, with only ~4% degradation of the initial PCE after storage in ambient condition (25 °C, RH: 30-40%) for 1128 h, as compared to that of the reference device with a rapid degradation of ~60% of initial PCE after 460 h. And MQDs-SnO2-based PSC also presents higher thermal stability than SnO2-based device with continuous heating for 248 h at 85 °C. The unique MQDs exhibited in this work might also find other exciting applications such as light-emitting diodes, photodetectors, and fluorescent probes.
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- Junli Nie
- School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, 266 Xinglong Section of Xifeng Road, Xi'an 710126, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, 266 Xinglong Section of Xifeng Road, Xi'an 710126, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, 266 Xinglong Section of Xifeng Road, Xi'an 710126, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, 266 Xinglong Section of Xifeng Road, Xi'an 710126, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, 266 Xinglong Section of Xifeng Road, Xi'an 710126, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, 266 Xinglong Section of Xifeng Road, Xi'an 710126, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, 266 Xinglong Section of Xifeng Road, Xi'an 710126, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China; State Key Discipline Laboratory of Wide Band Gap Semiconductor Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- School of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Xidian University, 266 Xinglong Section of Xifeng Road, Xi'an 710126, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China; State Key Discipline Laboratory of Wide Band Gap Semiconductor Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Discipline Laboratory of Wide Band Gap Semiconductor Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China; School of Microelectronics, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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Zhang J, Zhang G, Su PY, Huang R, Lin J, Wang W, Pan Z, Rao H, Zhong X. 1D Choline-PbI3-Based Heterostructure Boosts Efficiency and Stability of CsPbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023:e202303486. [PMID: 37186501 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202303486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Defects in perovskite are key factors in limiting the photovoltaic performance and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Generally, choline halide (ChX) can effectively passivate defects by binding with charged point defects of perovskite. However, we verified that ChI can react with CsPbI3 to form a novel crystal phase of one-dimensional (1D) ChPbI3, which constructs 1D/3D heterostructure with 3D CsPbI3, passivating the defects of CsPbI3 more effectively and then resulting in significantly improved photoluminescence lifetime from 20.2 ns to 49.4 ns. Moreover, the outstanding chemical inertness of 1D ChPbI3 and the repair of undesired δ-CsPbI3 deficiency during its formation process can significantly enhance the stability of CsPbI3 film. Benefiting from 1D/3D heterostructure, CsPbI3 carbon-based PSCs (C-PSCs) delivered a champion efficiency of 18.05% and a new certified record of 17.8% in hole transport material (HTM)-free inorganic C-PSCs.
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- Jianxin Zhang
- South China Agricultural University, College of Materials and Energy, CHINA
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- South China Agricultural University, College of Materials and Energy, CHINA
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- Guangzhou University, Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, CHINA
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- South China Agricultural University, College of Materials and Energy, CHINA
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- South China Agricultural University, College of Materials and Energy, CHINA
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- South China Agricultural University, College of Materials and Energy, CHINA
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- South China Agricultural University, College of Materials and Energy, CHINA
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- South China Agricultural University, College of Materials and Energy, No.483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, CHINA
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- South China Agricultural University, College of Materials and Energy, CHINA
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Wu Z, Wang Y, Li L, Zhang R, Hong J, Huang R, Che L, Yang G, Rao H, Pan Z, Zhong X. Improving the Electron Transport Performance of TiO 2 Film by Regulating TiCl 4 Post-Treatment for High-Efficiency Carbon-Based Perovskite Solar Cells. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023:e2300690. [PMID: 37035984 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202300690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Revised: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Titanium oxide (TiO2 ) has been widely used as an electron transport layer (ETL) in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Typically, TiCl4 post-treatment is indispensable for modifying the surfaces of TiO2 ETL to improve the electron transport performance. However, it is challenging to produce the preferred anatase phase-dominated TiO2 by the TiCl4 post-treatment due to the higher thermodynamic stability of the rutile phase. In this work, a mild continuous pH control strategy for effectively regulating the hydrolysis process of TiCl4 post-treatment is proposed. As the weak organic base, urea has been demonstrated can maintain a moderate pH decrease during the hydrolysis process of TiCl4 while keeping the hydrolysis process relatively mild due to the ultra-weak alkalinity. The improved pH environment is beneficial for the formation of anatase TiO2 . Consequently, a uniform anatase-dominated TiO2 surface layer is formed on the mesoporous TiO2 , resulting in reduced defect density and superior band energy level. The interfacial charge recombination is effectively suppressed, and the charge extraction efficiency is improved simultaneously in the fabricated solar cells. The efficiency of the fabricated carbon electrode-based PSCs (C-PSCs) is improved from 16.63% to 18.08%, which is the highest for C-PSCs based on wide-bandgap perovskites.
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- Zhujie Wu
- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Civil Engineering, Shaoguan University, Shaoguan, 512005, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Eco Environmental Technology Co. LTD, Huzhou, 313000, P. R. China
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- Zhejiang Eco Environmental Technology Co. LTD, Huzhou, 313000, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Biobased Materials and Energy of Ministry of Education, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou, 510642, P. R. China
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Qiu X, Xu Y, Li R, Jing Y, Yan Z, Liu F, Wu L, Tu Y, Shi J, Du Z, Wu J, Lan Z. High-Efficiency Carbon-based CsPbI 2 Br Perovskite Solar Cells from Dual Direction Thermal Diffusion Treatment with Cadmium Halides. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2206245. [PMID: 36587963 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202206245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 11/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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In recent years, carbon-based CsPbI2 Br perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted more attention due to their low cost and good stability. However, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of carbon-based CsPbI2 Br PSCs is still no more than 16%, because of the defects in CsPbI2 Br or at the interface with the electron transport layer (ETL), as well as the energy level mismatch, which lead to the loss of energy, thus limiting PCE values. Herein, a series of cadmium halides are introduced, including CdCl2 , CdBr2 and CdI2 for dual direction thermal diffusion treatment. Some Cd2+ ions thermally diffuse downward to passivate the defects inside or on the surface of SnO2 ETL. Meanwhile, the energy level structure of SnO2 ETL is adjusted, which is in favor of the transfer of electron carriers and blocking holes. On the other hand, part of Cd2+ and Cl- ions thermally diffuse upward into the CsPbI2 Br lattice to passivate crystal defects. Through dual direction thermal diffusion treatment by CdCl2 , CdI2 and CdBr2 , the performance of devices has been significantly improved, and their PCE has been increased from 13.01% of the original device to 14.47%, 14.31%, and 13.46%, respectively. According to existing reports, 14.47% is one of the highest PCE of carbon-based CsPbI2 Br PSCs with SnO2 ETLs.
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- Xiaosong Qiu
- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Engineering Research Center of Environment-Friendly Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Functional Materials, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Engineering Research Center of Environment-Friendly Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Functional Materials, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Engineering Research Center of Environment-Friendly Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Functional Materials, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Engineering Research Center of Environment-Friendly Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Functional Materials, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Engineering Research Center of Environment-Friendly Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Functional Materials, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Engineering Research Center of Environment-Friendly Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Functional Materials, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Engineering Research Center of Environment-Friendly Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Functional Materials, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Engineering Research Center of Environment-Friendly Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Functional Materials, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Engineering Research Center of Environment-Friendly Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Functional Materials, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Engineering Research Center of Environment-Friendly Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Functional Materials, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Engineering Research Center of Environment-Friendly Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Functional Materials, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Engineering Research Center of Environment-Friendly Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
- Fujian Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Functional Materials, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China
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