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Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells Enabled by Low‐Cost Industrial Organic Pigment Coating
Author(s) -
He Qingquan,
Worku Michael,
Liu He,
Lochner Eric,
Robb Alex J.,
Lteif Sandrine,
Vellore Winfred J. S. Raaj,
Hanson Kenneth,
Schlenoff Joseph B.,
Kim Bumjoon J.,
Ma Biwu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.202012095
Subject(s) - passivation , halide , iodide , thin film , perovskite (structure) , coating , annealing (glass) , chemical engineering , thermal stability , materials science , nanotechnology , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , layer (electronics) , composite material , engineering
Surface passivation of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) using a low‐cost industrial organic pigment quinacridone (QA) is presented. The procedure involves solution processing a soluble derivative of QA, N , N ‐bis(tert‐butyloxycarbonyl)‐quinacridone (TBOC‐QA), followed by thermal annealing to convert TBOC‐QA into insoluble QA. With halide perovskite thin films coated by QA, PSCs based on methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI 3 ) showed significantly improved performance with remarkable stability. A PCE of 21.1 % was achieved, which is much higher than 18.9 % recorded for the unmodified devices. The QA coating with exceptional insolubility and hydrophobicity also led to greatly enhanced contact angle from 35.6° for the pristine MAPbI 3 thin films to 77.2° for QA coated MAPbI 3 thin films. The stability of QA passivated MAPbI 3 perovskite thin films and PSCs were significantly enhanced, retaining about 90 % of the initial efficiencies after more than 1000 hours storage under ambient conditions.