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A Novel Annealing‐Free Amorphous Inorganic Metal Oxyhydroxide Cathode Interlayer for Efficient and Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells
Author(s) -
Feng Wenhuai,
Liao Jin-Feng,
Yang Meifang,
Zhong Jun-Xing,
Lei Bing-Xin,
Ding Liming,
Wu Wu-Qiang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
solar rrl
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.544
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2367-198X
DOI - 10.1002/solr.202000664
Subject(s) - materials science , cathode , amorphous solid , perovskite (structure) , energy conversion efficiency , annealing (glass) , electrode , optoelectronics , oxide , chemical engineering , thin film , quantum tunnelling , nanotechnology , composite material , metallurgy , chemistry , crystallography , engineering
The state‐of‐the‐art high‐performance perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with inverted p‐i‐n device structure normally use crystalline metal oxide materials or organic small molecules as the cathode interlayer between the fullerene layer and metal electrode. However, these interlayers are made by either high‐temperature or complicated vacuum‐assisted fabrication process, and in many cases, they are not efficient and effective enough to simultaneously extract the electrons and suppress the interfacial charge recombination. Herein, for the first time, a facile low‐temperature solution‐processed strategy is demonstrated to fabricate an amorphous metal oxyhydroxide (a‐MOH) thin film, which is used as a robust cathode interlayer in inverted PSCs. The a‐MOH interlayer not only facilitates electron extraction and collection via “energy‐favorable” electron tunneling, but also suppresses the interfacial charge recombination via effective hole blocking and electron backflow inhibition. As a result, the PSCs based on a‐MOH interlayer achieve a stabilized power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 21.1% and retain 93% of initial PCE after continuous one‐sun illumination for 500 hours.