Nature Communications (Nov 2024)
Micro-homogeneity of lateral energy landscapes governs the performance in perovskite solar cells
- Pengju Shi,
- Bin Ding,
- Donger Jin,
- Muratcan Oner,
- Xu Zhang,
- Yuan Tian,
- Yahui Li,
- Ke Zhao,
- Zengyi Sun,
- Jiazhe Xu,
- Shaochen Zhang,
- Runchen Lai,
- Lingyu Xiao,
- Chenyue Wang,
- Caner Değer,
- Liuwen Tian,
- Jiahui Shen,
- Yuan Cheng,
- Ilhan Yavuz,
- Xiaohe Miao,
- Enzheng Shi,
- Deren Yang,
- Yong Ding,
- Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin,
- Rui Wang,
- Jingjing Xue
Affiliations
- Pengju Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
- Bin Ding
- Group for Molecular Engineering of Functional Materials, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, EPFL VALAIS
- Donger Jin
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
- Muratcan Oner
- Department of Physics, Marmara University
- Xu Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
- Yuan Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
- Yahui Li
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
- Ke Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
- Zengyi Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
- Jiazhe Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
- Shaochen Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
- Runchen Lai
- Instrumentation and Service Center for Molecular Sciences, Westlake University
- Lingyu Xiao
- Instrumentation and Service Center for Molecular Sciences, Westlake University
- Chenyue Wang
- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF), Zhangjiang Lab, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Caner Değer
- Department of Physics, Marmara University
- Liuwen Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
- Jiahui Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
- Yuan Cheng
- Instrumentation and Service Center for Molecular Sciences, Westlake University
- Ilhan Yavuz
- Department of Physics, Marmara University
- Xiaohe Miao
- Instrumentation and Service Center for Molecular Sciences, Westlake University
- Enzheng Shi
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Westlake University
- Deren Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
- Yong Ding
- Group for Molecular Engineering of Functional Materials, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, EPFL VALAIS
- Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
- Group for Molecular Engineering of Functional Materials, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, EPFL VALAIS
- Rui Wang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Westlake University
- Jingjing Xue
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53953-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 15,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Abstract Suppression of energy disorders in the vertical direction of a photovoltaic device, along which charge carriers are forced to travel, has been extensively studied to reduce unproductive charge recombination and thus achieve high-efficiency perovskite solar cells. In contrast, energy disorders in the lateral direction of the junction for large-area modules are largely overlooked. Herein, we show that the micro-inhomogeneity characteristics in the surface lateral energetics of formamidinium (FA)-based perovskite films also significantly influence the device performance, particularly with accounting for the stability and scale-up aspects of the devices. By using organic amidinium passivators, instead of the most commonly used organic ammonium ones, the micro-inhomogeneity in the lateral energy landscapes can be suppressed, greatly improving device stability and efficiency of FA-based single-junction perovskite solar cells.
