High‐Performance Indoor Perovskite Solar Cells by Self‐Suppression of Intrinsic Defects via a Facile Solvent‐Engineering Strategy

Lead halide perovskite solar cells have been emerging as very promising candidates for applications in indoor photovoltaics. To maximize their indoor performance, it is of critical importance to suppress intrinsic defects of the perovskite active layer. Herein, a facile solvent‐engineering strategy...

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Published in:Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) Germany), 2024-01, Vol.20 (4), p.e2305192-n/a
Main Authors: Han, EQ, Lyu, Miaoqiang, Choi, Eunyoung, Zhao, Yuying, Zhang, Yurou, Lee, Jaeho, Lee, Su‐Min, Jiao, Yalong, Ahmad, Syed Haseeb Ali, Seidel, Jan, Yun, Jae Sung, Yun, Jung‐Ho, Wang, Lianzhou
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Language:English
Subjects:
Current carriers
defect suppression
Defects
Dimethylformamide
dimethylformamide free
indoor photovoltaics
Lead compounds
Light emitting diodes
metal halide perovskite
Metal halides
Perovskites
Photovoltaic cells
semiconductor thin‐films
Solar cells
solvent engineering
Solvents
Thin films
White light
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Summary:Lead halide perovskite solar cells have been emerging as very promising candidates for applications in indoor photovoltaics. To maximize their indoor performance, it is of critical importance to suppress intrinsic defects of the perovskite active layer. Herein, a facile solvent‐engineering strategy is developed for effective suppression of both surface and bulk defects in lead halide perovskite indoor solar cells, leading to a high efficiency of 35.99% under the indoor illumination of 1000 lux Cool‐white light‐emitting diodes. Replacing dimethylformamide (DMF) with N‐methyl‐2‐pyrrolidone (NMP) in the perovskite precursor solvent significantly passivates the intrinsic defects within the thus‐prepared perovskite films, prolongs the charge carrier lifetimes and reduces non‐radiative charge recombination of the devices. Compared to the DMF, the much higher interaction energy between NMP and formamidinium iodide/lead halide contributes to the markedly improved quality of the perovskite thin films with reduced interfacial halide deficiency and non‐radiative charge recombination, which in turn enhances the device performance. This work paves the way for developing efficient indoor perovskite solar cells for the increasing demand for power supplies of Internet‐of‐Things devices. A facile solvent‐engineering strategy is developed to form a stable intermediate perovskite complex during the fabrication stage, resulting in a high efficiency of 35.99% under indoor illumination conditions by suppressing intrinsic defects, prolonging charge carrier lifetimes, and reducing non‐radiative charge recombination in the perovskite films.
ISSN:1613-6810
1613-6829
DOI:10.1002/smll.202305192