Minimizing the Interface-Driven Losses in Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules

Xin Zhang; Weiming Qiu; Sofia Apergi; Shivam Singh; Paulo Marchezi; Wenya Song; Christian Sternemann; Karim Elkhouly; Dong Zhang; Aranzazu Aguirre; Tamara Merckx; Anurag Krishna; Yuanyuan Shi; Andrea Bracesco; Cristian van Helvoirt; Frennie Bens; Valerio Zardetto; Jan D’Haen; Anran Yu; Geert Brocks; Tom Aernouts; Ellen Moons; Shuxia Tao; Yiqiang Zhan; Yinghuan Kuang; Jef Poortmans

doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00697

Minimizing the Interface-Driven Losses in Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules

Xin Zhang, Weiming Qiu^*, Sofia Apergi, Shivam Singh, Paulo Marchezi, Wenya Song, Christian Sternemann, Karim Elkhouly, Dong Zhang, Aranzazu Aguirre, Tamara Merckx, Anurag Krishna, Yuanyuan Shi, Andrea Bracesco, Cristian van Helvoirt, Frennie Bens, Valerio Zardetto, Jan D’Haen, Anran Yu, Geert BrocksTom Aernouts, Ellen Moons, Shuxia Tao, Yiqiang Zhan, Yinghuan Kuang, Jef Poortmans

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The inverted p-i-n perovskite solar cells hold high promise for scale-up toward commercialization. However, the interfaces between the perovskite and the charge transport layers contribute to major power conversion efficiency (PCE) loss and instability. Here, we use a single material of 2-thiopheneethylammonium chloride (TEACl) to molecularly engineer both the interface between the perovskite and fullerene-C₆₀ electron transport layer and the buried interface between the perovskite and NiO_x-based hole transport layer. The dual interface modification results in optimized band alignment, suppressed nonradiative recombination, and improved interfacial contact. A PCE of 24.3% is demonstrated, with open-circuit voltage (V_oc) and fill factor (FF) of 1.17 V and 84.6%, respectively. The unencapsulated device retains >97.0% of the initial performance after 1000 h of maximum power point tracking under illumination. Moreover, a PCE of 22.6% and a remarkable FF of 82.4% are obtained for a mini-module with an active area of 3.63

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2532-2542
Number of pages	11
Journal	ACS Energy Letters
Volume	8
Issue number	6
Early online date	9 May 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00697
Publication status	Published - 9 Jun 2023

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Zhang, X., Qiu, W., Apergi, S., Singh, S., Marchezi, P., Song, W., Sternemann, C., Elkhouly, K., Zhang, D., Aguirre, A., Merckx, T., Krishna, A., Shi, Y., Bracesco, A., van Helvoirt, C., Bens, F., Zardetto, V., D’Haen, J., Yu, A., ... Poortmans, J. (2023). Minimizing the Interface-Driven Losses in Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules. ACS Energy Letters, 8(6), 2532-2542. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00697

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