Organic ammonium halides enhance the performance of Pb–Sn perovskite solar cells

Zhimin Fang; Lixiu Zhang; Shengzhong (Frank) Liu; Liming Ding

doi:10.1088/1674-4926/43/12/120202

J. Semicond. > 2022, Volume 43?>?Issue 12?> 120202

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Organic ammonium halides enhance the performance of Pb–Sn perovskite solar cells

Zhimin Fang¹, Lixiu Zhang², Shengzhong (Frank) Liu^1, and Liming Ding^2,

+ Author Affiliations

1. Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry (MoE), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
2. Center for Excellence in Nanoscience (CAS), Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication (CAS), National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China

Author Bio:

Zhimin Fang got his PhD from University of Science and Technology of China in 2020. He started his research on perovskite solar cells under the supervision of Prof. Shangfeng Yang. Since September 2017, he has been working in Liming Ding Laboratory at National Center for Nanoscience and Technology as a visiting student. In 2020, he joined Shengzhong Liu Group as a postdoc. His work focuses on perovskite-based tandem solar cells.

Lixiu Zhang got her BS degree from Soochow University in 2019. Now she is a PhD student at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences under the supervision of Prof. Liming Ding. Her research focuses on perovskite solar cells.

Shengzhong (Frank) Liu received his PhD from Northwestern University in 1992. Upon his postdoctoral research at Argonne National Lab, he joined high-tech companies in US for research including nanoscale materials, thin-film solar cells, laser processing, diamond thin films, etc. His invention at BP Solar on semitransparent photovoltaic module won R & D 100 award in 2002. In 2011, he was selected into China’s top talent program, and now he is a professor at Shaanxi Normal University.

Liming Ding got his PhD from University of Science and Technology of China (was a joint student at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS). He started his research on OSCs and PLEDs in Olle Ingan?s Lab in 1998. Later on, he worked at National Center for Polymer Research, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Argonne National Lab (USA). He joined Konarka as a Senior Scientist in 2008. In 2010, he joined National Center for Nanoscience and Technology as a full professor. His research focuses on innovative materials and devices. He is RSC Fellow, and the Associate Editor for Journal of Semiconductors.

Corresponding author: Shengzhong (Frank) Liu, liusz@snnu.edu.cn; Liming Ding, ding@nanoctr.cn

DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/43/12/120202

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Fig. 1. (Color online) (a) Time-resolved photoluminescence of GuaSCN-based perovskite film. Reproduced with permission^[11], Copyright 2019, Science Publishing Group. (b) X-ray diffraction patterns for the perovskite films with and without FPEAI. Reproduced with permission^[13], Copyright 2020, American Chemical Society. Schematics for perovskite films treated with (c) TEAI and (d) TEASCN, and the corresponding energy level diagrams. Reproduced with permission^[17], Copyright 2022, Wiley-VCH.

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Fig. 2. (Color online) (a) Schematic for the selective targeting anchor strategy by using EDAI₂ and PEAI. Reproduced with permission^[19], Copyright 2022, Wiley-VCH. (b) Schematic for the crystal growth without and with PDA cations. Reproduced with permission^[21], Copyright 2022, Wiley-VCH. (c) Molecular dynamics snapshots and top views for perovskite surfaces anchored with CF3-PA, PA and PEA, respectively. Reproduced with permission^[22], Copyright 2022, Nature Publishing Group.

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[1]	Fang Z, Zeng Q, Zuo C, et al. Perovskite-based tandem solar cells. Sci Bull, 2021, 66, 621 doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2020.11.006
[2]	Zhang L, Pan Y, Liu L, et al. Star perovskite materials. J Semicond, 2022, 43, 030203 doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/43/3/030203
[3]	Zhao D, Ding L. All-perovskite tandem structures shed light on thin-?lm photovoltaics. Sci Bull, 2020, 65, 1144 doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2020.04.013
[4]	Lin R, Xiao K, Qin Z, et al. Monolithic all-perovskite tandem solar cells with 24.8% efficiency exploiting comproportionation to suppress Sn (II) oxidation in precursor ink. Nat Energy, 2019, 4, 864 doi: 10.1038/s41560-019-0466-3
[5]	Xiao K, Lin R, Han Q, et al. All-perovskite tandem solar cells with 24.2% certified efficiency and area over 1 cm² using surface-anchoring zwitterionic antioxidant. Nat Energy, 2020, 5, 870 doi: 10.1038/s41560-020-00705-5
[6]	Han Q, Wei Y, Lin R, et al. Low-temperature processed inorganic hole transport layer for ef?cient and stable mixed Pb-Sn low-bandgap perovskite solar cells. Sci Bull, 2019, 64, 1399 doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2019.08.002
[7]	Hao F, Tan H, Jin Z, et al. Toward stable and ef?cient Sn-containing perovskite solar cells. Sci Bull, 2020, 65, 786 doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2020.02.028
[8]	He R, Zuo C, Ren S, et al. Low-bandgap Sn-Pb perovskite solar cells. J Semicond, 2021, 42, 060202 doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/42/6/060202
[9]	Gu S, Lin R, Han Q, et al. Tin and mixed lead-tin halide perovskite solar cells: progress and their application in tandem solar cells. Adv Mater, 2020, 32, 1907392 doi: 10.1002/adma.201907392
[10]	Chen Q, Luo J, He R, et al. Unveiling roles of tin fluoride additives in high-efficiency low-bandgap mixed tin-lead perovskite solar cells. Adv Energy Mater, 2021, 11, 2101045 doi: 10.1002/aenm.202101045
[11]	Tong J, Song Z, Kim D H, et al. Carrier lifetimes of >1 μs in Sn-Pb perovskites enable efficient all-perovskite tandem solar cells. Science, 2019, 364, 475 doi: 10.1126/science.aav7911
[12]	Zhou X, Zhang L, Wang X, et al. Highly efficient and stable GABr-modified ideal-bandgap (1.35 eV) Sn/Pb perovskite solar cells achieve 20.63% efficiency with a record small V_oc deficit of 0.33 V. Adv Mater, 2020, 32, 1908107 doi: 10.1002/adma.201908107
[13]	Li C, Pan Y, Hu J, et al. Vertically aligned 2D/3D Pb-Sn perovskites with enhanced charge extraction and suppressed phase segregation for efficient printable solar cells. ACS Energy Lett, 2020, 5, 1386 doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.0c00634
[14]	Ma C, Shen D, Ng T W, et al. 2D perovskites with short interlayer distance for high-performance solar cell application. Adv Mater, 2018, 30, 1800710 doi: 10.1002/adma.201800710
[15]	Ke W, Chen C, Spanopoulos I, et al. Narrow-bandgap mixed lead/tin-based 2D Dion-Jacobson perovskites boost the performance of solar cells. J Am Chem Soc, 2020, 142, 15049 doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c06288
[16]	Wei M, Xiao K, Walters G, et al. Combining efficiency and stability in mixed tin-lead perovskite solar cells by capping grains with an ultrathin 2D layer. Adv Mater, 2020, 32, 1907058 doi: 10.1002/adma.201907058
[17]	Yu D, Wei Q, Li H, et al. Quasi-2D bilayer surface passivation for high efficiency narrow bandgap perovskite solar cells. Angew Chem Int Ed, 2022, 61, e202202346 doi: 10.1002/anie.202202346
[18]	Lee S, Ryu J, Park S S, et al. A self-assembled hierarchical structure to keep the 3D crystal dimensionality in n-butylammonium cation-capped Pb-Sn perovskites. J Mater Chem A, 2021, 9, 27541 doi: 10.1039/D1TA06247F
[19]	Liang Z, Xu H, Zhang Y, et al. A selective targeting anchor strategy affords efficient and stable ideal-bandgap perovskite solar cells. Adv Mater, 2022, 34, 2110241 doi: 10.1002/adma.202110241
[20]	Hu S, Otsuka K, Murdey R, et al. Optimized carrier extraction at interfaces for 23.6% efficient tin-lead perovskite solar cells. Energy Environ Sci, 2022, 15, 2096 doi: 10.1039/D2EE00288D
[21]	Yan N, Ren X, Fang Z, et al. Ligand-anchoring-induced oriented crystal growth for high-efficiency lead-tin perovskite solar cells. Adv Funct Mater, 2022, 32, 202201384 doi: 10.1002/adfm.202201384
[22]	Lin R, Xu J, Wei M, et al. All-perovskite tandem solar cells with improved grain surface passivation. Nature, 2022, 603, 73 doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04372-8