Ultrastable and efficient slight-interlayer-displacement 2D Dion-Jacobson perovskite solar cells.

Zhang, Weichuan; Liu, Ziyuan; Zhang, Lizhi; Wang, Hui; Jiang, Chuanxiu; Wu, Xianxin; Li, Chuanyun; Yue, Shengli et al. · Nat Commun · 2024

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Stability has been a long-standing concern for solution-processed perovskite photovoltaics and their practical applications. However, stable perovskite materials for photovoltaic remain insufficient to date. Here we demonstrate a series of ultrastable Dion-Jacobson (DJ) perovskites (1,4-cyclohexanedimethanammonium)(methylammonium)<sub>n-1</sub>Pb<sub>n</sub>I<sub>3n+1</sub> (n ≥ 1) for photovoltaic applications. The scalable technology by blade-coated solar cells for the designed DJ perovskites (nominal n = 5) achieves a maximum stabilized power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 19.11% under an environmental atmosphere. Un-encapsulated cells by blade-coated technology retain 92% of their initial efficiencies for over 4000 hours under ~90% relative humidity (RH) aging conditions. More importantly, these cells also exhibit remarkable thermal (85 °C) and operational stability, which shows negligible efficiency loss after exceeding 5000-hour heat treatment or after operation at maximum power point (MPP) exceeding 6000 hours at 45 °C under a 100 mW cm<sup>-2</sup> continuous light illumination.