Stable and low-photovoltage-loss perovskite solar cells by multifunctional passivation

Guang Yang; Zhiwei Ren; Kuan Liu; Minchao Qin; Wanyuan Deng; Hengkai Zhang; Haibing Wang; Jiwei Liang; Feihong Ye; Qiong Liang; Hang Yin; Yuxuan Chen; Yuanlin Zhuang; Siqi Li; Bowei Gao; Jianbo Wang; Tingting Shi; Xin Wang; Xinhui Lu; Hongbin Wu; Jianhui Hou; Dangyuan Lei; Shu Kong So; Yang Yang; Guojia Fang; Gang Li

doi:10.1038/s41566-021-00829-4

Stable and low-photovoltage-loss perovskite solar cells by multifunctional passivation

Guang Yang (Co-first Author)
, Zhiwei Ren (Co-first Author)
, Kuan Liu (Co-first Author)
, Minchao Qin
, Wanyuan Deng
, Hengkai Zhang
, Haibing Wang
, Jiwei Liang
, Feihong Ye
, Qiong Liang
, Hang Yin
, Yuxuan Chen
, Yuanlin Zhuang
, Siqi Li
, Bowei Gao
, Jianbo Wang
, Tingting Shi
, Xin Wang
, Xinhui Lu
, Hongbin Wu

Jianhui Hou, Dangyuan Lei, Shu Kong So, Yang Yang^*, Guojia Fang^*, Gang Li^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

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Metal halide perovskite solar cells have demonstrated a high power conversion efficiency (PCE), and further enhancement of the PCE requires a reduction of the bandgap-voltage offset (W_OC) and the non-radiative recombination photovoltage loss (ΔV_OC_,nr). Here, we report an effective approach for reducing the photovoltage loss through the simultaneous passivation of internal bulk defects and dimensionally graded two-dimensional perovskite interface defects. Through this dimensionally graded perovskite formation approach, an open-circuit voltage (V_OC) of 1.24 V was obtained with a champion PCE of 21.54% in a 1.63 eV perovskite system (maximum V_OC = 1.25 V, W_OC = 0.38 V and ΔV_OC_,nr = 0.10 V); we further decreased the W_OC to 0.326 V in a 1.53 eV perovskite system with a V_OC of 1.21 V and a PCE of 23.78% (certified 23.09%). This approach is equally effective in achieving a low W_OC (ΔV_OC,nr) in 1.56 eV and 1.73 eV perovskite solar cell systems, and further leads to the substantially improved operational stability of perovskite solar cells.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	681–689
Number of pages	13
Journal	Nature Photonics
Volume	15
Issue number	9
Online published	5 Jul 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-021-00829-4
Publication status	Published - Sept 2021

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