A Versatile Molten-Salt Induction Strategy to Achieve Efficient CsPbI₃ Perovskite Solar Cells with a High...

All-inorganic CsPbI₃ perovskite has emerged as an important photovoltaic material due to its high thermal stability and suitable bandgap for tandem devices. Currently, the cell performance of CsPbI₃ solar cells is mainly subject to a large open-circuit voltage (V_OC ) deficit. Herein, a multifunctional room-temperature molten salt, dimethylamine acetate (DMAAc) is demonstrated, which not only directly acts as a solvent for precursor solutions, but also regulates the phase conversion process of the CsPbI₃ film for high-efficiency photovoltaics. DMAAc can stabilize the DMAPbI₃ structure and eliminate the Cs₄ PbI₆ intermediate phase, which is easily spatially segregated. Meanwhile, a new homogeneous intermediate phase DMAPb(I,Ac)₃ is formed, which finally affords high-quality CsPbI₃ films. With this approach, the charge capture activity of defects in the CsPbI₃ film is significantly suppressed. Consequently, a V_OC of 1.25 V and >21% power conversion efficiency are achieved, which is the record highest reported thus far. This intermediate phase-regulation strategy is believed to be applicable to other perovskite material systems.