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Engineers improved perovskite solar cell stability by reducing lattice strain at the buried interface. This strategy enhances operational resilience and power conversion efficiency, crucial for next-generation photovoltaics.

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Buried HTL/perovskite interfaceLattice strainPerovskite solar cellsReverse-biasStability

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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Renewable Energy
  • Solid-State Physics

Background:

  • Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) offer high power conversion efficiencies (PCEs).
  • Operational stability, especially under reverse bias, is a major challenge for PSCs.
  • Lattice strain at the hole-transport-layer (HTL)/perovskite interface drives instability by promoting ion migration and defects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify the primary site of strain accumulation in inverted PSCs.
  • To develop a strategy for alleviating lattice strain at the buried HTL/perovskite interface.
  • To demonstrate the impact of strain reduction on device stability and efficiency.

Main Methods:

  • Incorporation of 3-fluorothiophene-2-carboxylic acid (3F-2TC) at the buried HTL/perovskite interface to engineer the crystallization template.
  • Grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXRD) analysis to confirm strain alleviation.
  • Reverse-bias stress testing to evaluate device operational stability and decouple strain effects from defect passivation.

Main Results:

  • The buried HTL/perovskite interface was identified as the main site of strain accumulation.
  • 3F-2TC incorporation effectively alleviated intrinsic lattice strain.
  • Devices with engineered interfaces achieved a PCE of 26.10%.
  • Enhanced stability was observed, retaining 91.58% of initial PCE after 200 hours under -1.0 V reverse bias.

Conclusions:

  • Alleviating lattice strain at the buried interface is critical for enhancing PSC operational stability.
  • Strain modulation via buried interface engineering is a viable strategy for developing resilient perovskite photovoltaics.
  • Reduced strain in the perovskite lattice is key to preventing bias-induced degradation.