Wang Yan, Cao Qin, Xiang Xuwu, Yu Jiangsheng, Zhou Jie
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China.
School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2024 Mar 27;16(12):15605-15616. doi: 10.1021/acsami.4c00606. Epub 2024 Mar 13.
Improving the quality of the buried interface is decisive for achieving stable and high-efficiency perovskite solar cells. Herein, we report the interface engineering by using dipolar 2,4-difluoro-3,5-dichloroaniline (DDE) as the adhesive between titanium dioxide (TiO) and MAPbI. By manipulation of the anchoring groups of DDE, this molecule not only passivated defects of TiO but also optimized the energy level alignment. Furthermore, the perovskite film on the modified TiO surface showed improved crystallinity, released residual stress, and reduced trap states. Therefore, these benefits directly contribute to achieving a power conversion efficiency of up to 22.10%. The unencapsulated device retained 90% of initial power conversion efficiencies (PCE) after continuous light illumination for 1000 h and 93% of initial PCE after exposure to air with a relative humidity of 30-40% for over 3000 h. Moreover, the performance of PSCs based on FAMAPbI has also increased from 20.48 to 23.51%. Our results demonstrate the effectiveness and universality of dipolar halogen-substituted arylamine (DDE) for enhancing PSC performance.
