Complementary bulk and surface passivations for highly efficient perovskite solar cells by gas quenching

Shi Tang; Jueming Bing; Jianghui Zheng; Jianbo Tang; Yong Li; Mohannad Mayyas; Yongyoon Cho; Timothy W. Jones; Terry Chien Jen Yang; Lin Yuan; Mike Tebyetekerwa; Hieu T. Nguyen; Michael P. Nielsen; N. J. Ekins-Daukes; Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh; Gregory J. Wilson; David R. McKenzie; Shujuan Huang; Anita W.Y. Ho-Baillie

doi:10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100511

Complementary bulk and surface passivations for highly efficient perovskite solar cells by gas quenching

Shi Tang
, Jueming Bing
, Jianghui Zheng
, Jianbo Tang
, Yong Li
, Mohannad Mayyas
, Yongyoon Cho
, Timothy W. Jones
, Terry Chien Jen Yang
, Lin Yuan
, Mike Tebyetekerwa
, Hieu T. Nguyen
, Michael P. Nielsen
, N. J. Ekins-Daukes
, Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh
, Gregory J. Wilson
, David R. McKenzie
, Shujuan Huang
, Anita W.Y. Ho-Baillie^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of metal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) has improved dramatically from 3.8% to 25.5% in only a decade. Gas quenching is a desirable method for fabricating high-efficiency cells as it does not consume antisolvents and is compatible with large-area deposition methods such as doctor blading and slot-die coating. To further improve PCEs for gas-quenched PSCs, here, we develop complementary bulk and surface passivation strategies by incorporating potassium iodide (KI) in the perovskite precursor and applying n-hexylammonium bromide (HABr) to the perovskite surface. We show that (1) KI induces a spatial-compositional change, improving grain boundary properties; (2) KI and HABr reduce traps, especially at levels close to the mid-gap; and (3) HABr greatly improves the built-in potential of the device, thereby improving voltage output. The champion device achieves a steady-state PCE of 23.6% with a V_OC of 1.23V, which is, to the best of our knowledge, the highest for PSC by gas quenching to date.

Original language	English
Article number	100511
Journal	Cell Reports Physical Science
Volume	2
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100511
State	Published - 18 Aug 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

compositional change
defect passivation
gas quenching
perovskite solar cell

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General Chemistry
General Materials Science
General Engineering
General Energy
General Physics and Astronomy

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Tang, S., Bing, J., Zheng, J., Tang, J., Li, Y., Mayyas, M., Cho, Y., Jones, T. W., Yang, T. C. J., Yuan, L., Tebyetekerwa, M., Nguyen, H. T., Nielsen, M. P., Ekins-Daukes, N. J., Kalantar-Zadeh, K., Wilson, G. J., McKenzie, D. R., Huang, S., & Ho-Baillie, A. W. Y. (2021). Complementary bulk and surface passivations for highly efficient perovskite solar cells by gas quenching. Cell Reports Physical Science, 2(8), Article 100511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100511

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Complementary bulk and surface passivations for highly efficient perovskite solar cells by gas quenching

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