Excess PbI2 Management via Multimode Supramolecular Complex Engineering Enables High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells

Hengkai Zhang; Wei Yu; Junxue Guo; Chao Xu; Zhiwei Ren; Kuan Liu; Guang Yang; Minchao Qin; Jiaming Huang; Zhiliang Chen; Qiong Liang; Dong Shen; Zehan Wu; Yaokang Zhang; Hrisheekesh Thachoth Chandran; Jianhua Hao; Ye Zhu; Chun-sing Lee; Xinhui Lu; Zijian Zheng; Jinsong Huang; Gang Li

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Excess PbI₂ Management via Multimode Supramolecular Complex Engineering Enables High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells

Hengkai Zhang
, Wei Yu
, Junxue Guo
, Chao Xu
, Zhiwei Ren
, Kuan Liu
, Guang Yang
, Minchao Qin
, Jiaming Huang
, Zhiliang Chen
, Qiong Liang
, Dong Shen
, Zehan Wu
, Yaokang Zhang
, Hrisheekesh Thachoth Chandran
, Jianhua Hao
, Ye Zhu
, Chun-sing Lee
, Xinhui Lu
, Zijian Zheng

Jinsong Huang^*, Gang Li^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Excess PbI₂ in perovskite film is an effective strategy for boosting perovskite solar cells (PSCs) performance. However, the presence of unreacted PbI₂ is a critical source of intrinsic instability in perovskite under illumination, due to the photolysis of PbI₂ (decomposed into metallic lead and iodine). Herein, this issue is solved by applying ionic liquids (ILs) on PSCs where the ILs can form types of stable supramolecules with residual lead iodide. The formation process and mechanism of the supramolecules are elucidated. The residual PbI₂ is also revealed to cause high level lead interstitial defects and induced tensile strain which further deteriorate device performance. The self-assembled supramolecular complex can passivate the PSCs where significant enhancements are achieved in both power conversion efficiency (PCE, from 21.9% to 23.4%) and device stability (retaining 95% of the initial PCE after 4080 h in ambient dry-air storage, and 80% after 1400 h continuous light illumination).

Original language	English
Article number	2201663
Journal	Advanced Energy Materials
Volume	12
Issue number	35
Online published	28 Jul 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202201663
Publication status	Published - 15 Sept 2022

Funding

G.L. thanks the support by Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (grant no. C7018-20G, C5037-18G, and GRF 15221320), Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission (Project no. JCYJ 20200109105003940), the Hong Kong Polytechnic University internal funds: Sir Sze-yuen Chung Endowed Professorship Fund (8-8480) and RISE Fund (Q-CDA5). G.L. thanks Dr. Bolong Huang's for the technical discussion of DFT part. Z.R. thanks PolyU Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow Scheme (G-YWA9) support. K.L. thanks the Start-up Fund for RAPs under the Strategic Hiring Scheme (1-BD4G) provided by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Guangdong Basic Research Foundation (2020A1515110156). W.Y. thanks the support by Dalian High-level Talents Innovation Support Program (2021RQ120).

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excess PbI2 management
ionic liquids
perovskite solar cells
IONIC LIQUID
HALIDE PEROVSKITES
STABILITY
ORGANIZATION
PASSIVATION
EFFICIENCY
SALTS

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Zhang, H., Yu, W., Guo, J., Xu, C., Ren, Z., Liu, K., Yang, G., Qin, M., Huang, J., Chen, Z., Liang, Q., Shen, D., Wu, Z., Zhang, Y., Chandran, H. T., Hao, J., Zhu, Y., Lee, C., Lu, X., ... Li, G. (2022). Excess PbI₂ Management via Multimode Supramolecular Complex Engineering Enables High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells. Advanced Energy Materials, 12(35), Article 2201663. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202201663

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