TY - JOUR
T1 - Universal Approach for Managing Iodine Migration in Inverted Single-Junction and Tandem Perovskite Solar Cells
AU - Song, Zhenhua
AU - Sun, Kexuan
AU - Meng, Yuanyuan
AU - Zhu, Zewei
AU - Wang, Yaohua
AU - Zhang, Weifu
AU - Bai, Yang
AU - Lu, Xiaoyi
AU - Tian, Ruijia
AU - Liu, Chang
AU - Ge, Ziyi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Wiley-VCH GmbH.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Despite significant progress in the power-conversion efficiency (PCE) of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), the instability of devices remains a considerable obstacle for commercial applications. This instability primarily originates from the migration of halide ions—particularly iodide ions (I−). Under light exposure and thermal stress, I− migrates and transforms into I2, leading to irreversible degradation and performance loss. To address this issue, we introduced the additive 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole,5,6-difluoro-4,7-bis(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl) (BT2F-2B) into the perovskite. The strong coordination between the unhybridized p orbital and lone-pair electrons from I− inhibits the deprotonation of MAI/FAI and the subsequent conversion of I− to I₂. The highly electronegative fluorine enhances its electrostatic interaction with I−. Consequently, the synergistic effect of BT2F-2B effectively suppresses the decomposition of perovskite and the defect density of the iodide vacancies. This approach delivers a PCE over 26% for inverted single-junction PSCs, with exceptional operational stability. According to the ISOS-L-3 testing protocol (maximum power point tracking at 85 °C and 50% relative humidity), treated PSCs retain 85% of their original PCE after 1000 h of aging. When the BT2F-2B is applied to a wide-bandgap (1.77 eV) perovskite system, the PCE of all-perovskite tandem solar cells reaches 27.8%, confirming the universality of the proposed strategy.
AB - Despite significant progress in the power-conversion efficiency (PCE) of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), the instability of devices remains a considerable obstacle for commercial applications. This instability primarily originates from the migration of halide ions—particularly iodide ions (I−). Under light exposure and thermal stress, I− migrates and transforms into I2, leading to irreversible degradation and performance loss. To address this issue, we introduced the additive 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole,5,6-difluoro-4,7-bis(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl) (BT2F-2B) into the perovskite. The strong coordination between the unhybridized p orbital and lone-pair electrons from I− inhibits the deprotonation of MAI/FAI and the subsequent conversion of I− to I₂. The highly electronegative fluorine enhances its electrostatic interaction with I−. Consequently, the synergistic effect of BT2F-2B effectively suppresses the decomposition of perovskite and the defect density of the iodide vacancies. This approach delivers a PCE over 26% for inverted single-junction PSCs, with exceptional operational stability. According to the ISOS-L-3 testing protocol (maximum power point tracking at 85 °C and 50% relative humidity), treated PSCs retain 85% of their original PCE after 1000 h of aging. When the BT2F-2B is applied to a wide-bandgap (1.77 eV) perovskite system, the PCE of all-perovskite tandem solar cells reaches 27.8%, confirming the universality of the proposed strategy.
KW - halide migration
KW - iodide ion migration
KW - light stability
KW - operational stability
KW - perovskite solar cells
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U2 - 10.1002/adma.202410779
DO - 10.1002/adma.202410779
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85209806552
SN - 0935-9648
JO - Advanced Materials
JF - Advanced Materials
ER -