posted on 2021-11-15, 22:38authored byGuozhen Liu, Haiying Zheng, Jiajiu Ye, Shendong Xu, Liying Zhang, Huifen Xu, Zheng Liang, Xiaojing Chen, Xu Pan
The efficiency and stability of perovskite
solar cells are affected
by the Pb–I antisite and uncoordinated Pb0 defects
existing at the interface. Directional management of Pb-based defects
can reduce the defect density and voltage loss. In this work, to settle
the Pb-based defects at the interface for further stabilization of
the perovskite surface, we propose the strategy of designing a low-dimensional
perovskite (LDP) by an amphoteric heterocyclic cation which can increase
the defect formation energies and inhibit the generation of Pb–I
antisite defects. The growth of the mixed-phase LDP can introduce
a strong interaction with undercoordinated Pb2+ upon the
surface of peroskite films accomplished with the ability of dealing
with different types of surface-terminating ends. The modified devices
showed an increased efficiency of 24.07% (stabilized efficiency of
23.25%) as well as improved overall stability. This opens up a direction
for prompting the practical application of perovskite photovoltaic
devices based on the directional management of Pb-based interface
defects.