Wettability Sequence Optimization and Interface Strain Buffering in Triple Mesoporous Layer‐Based Printable Perovskite Solar Cells for Enhanced Performance
Abstract
AbstractPerovskite solar cells have achieved remarkable progress in photovoltaic performance, driven by advancements in interface engineering. The buried interface between the electron transport layer and the perovskite layer is particularly critical, as it governs both perovskite crystallization and the formation of residual strain. In this study, the buried interface in printable mesoscopic perovskite solar cells (p‐MPSCs) based on a triple‐mesoporous scaffold of TiO2/ZrO2/carbon is reconstructed by employing dodecaethylene glycol (DEG), a long chain molecule rich in polar oxygen atoms, to enhance device performance. Treating the scaffold with DEG optimizes the wettability sequence across the three layers by improving the TiO2 surface's wettability, facilitating the preferential crystallization of perovskite in the underlying TiO2 layer. Moreover, the DEG layer effectively buffers residual strain and suppresses detrimental defects at the interface. As a result, p‐MPSCs with the optimized interface achieve a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 20.27% and retain over 92% of their initial PCE after 500 h of continuous operation under maximum power point tracking.
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Authors (13)
Yanjie Cheng
Junwei Xiang
Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Huazhong University of Science and Technology Luoyu Road 1037 Wuhan Hubei 430074 P. R. China
Xiaoyu Li
Guodong Zhang
Minghao Xia
Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Huazhong University of Science and Technology Luoyu Road 1037 Wuhan Hubei 430074 P. R. China
Chuanzhou Han
Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Huazhong University of Science and Technology Luoyu Road 1037 Wuhan Hubei 430074 P. R. China
Ziwei Zheng
Long Chen
Department of Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Power Sources, College of Chemistry
Kai Chen
Yongming Ma
Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan Hubei China
Jianhang Qi
Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan Hubei China
Anyi Mei
Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan Hubei China
Hongwei Han
Michael Grätzel Center for Mesoscopic Solar Cells Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan Hubei China