Precise Control of Crystallization and Phase-Transition with Green Anti-Solvent in Wide-Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells with Open-Circuit Voltage Exceeding 1.25 V.
Xinpeng ZhangXiangyu LiLei TaoZemin ZhangHao LingXue FuShibo WangMin Jae KoJingshan LuoJiangzhao ChenYuelong LiPublished in: Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (2023)
Wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted a lot of attention due to their application in tandem solar cells. However, the open-circuit voltage (V OC ) of wide-bandgap PSCs is dramatically limited by high defect density existing at the interface and bulk of the perovskite film. Here, an anti-solvent optimized adduct to control perovskite crystallization strategy that reduces nonradiative recombination and minimizes V OC deficit is proposed. Specifically, an organic solvent with similar dipole moment, isopropanol (IPA) is added into ethyl acetate (EA) anti-solvent, which is beneficial to form PbI 2 adducts with better crystalline orientation and direct formation of α-phase perovskite. As a result, EA-IPA (7-1) based 1.67 eV PSCs deliver a power conversion efficiency of 20.06% and a V OC of 1.255 V, which is one of the remarkable values for wide-bandgap around 1.67 eV. The findings provide an effective strategy for controlling crystallization to reduce defect density in PSCs.