A Multifunctional Polymer as an Interfacial Layer for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2023 Jan 9;62(2):e202213478. doi: 10.1002/anie.202213478. Epub 2022 Dec 7.

Abstract

Metal-cation defects and halogen-anion defects in perovskite films are critical to the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). In this work, a random polymer, poly(methyl methacrylate-co-acrylamide) (PMMA-AM), was synthesized to serve as an interfacial passivation layer for synergistically passivating the under-coordinated Pb2+ and anchor the I- of the [PbI6 ]4- octahedron. Additionally, the interfacial PMMA-AM passivation layer cannot be destroyed during the hole transport layer deposition because of its low solubility in chlorobenzene. This passivation leads to an enhancement in the open-circuit voltage from 1.12 to 1.22 V and improved stability in solar cell devices, with the device maintaining 95 % of the initial power conversion efficiency (PCE) over 1000 h of maximum power point tracking. Additionally, a large-area solar cell module was fabricated using this approach, achieving a PCE of 20.64 %.

Keywords: Passivation; Perovskite; Polymer; Solar Cells; Stability.