Ambient‐Printed Methylammonium‐Free Perovskite Solar Cells Enabled by Multiple Molecular Interactions

Abstract The ambient printing of high‐performance and stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is crucial for enabling low‐cost and energy‐efficient industrial fabrication. However, producing high‐quality perovskite films via ambient printing remains challenging due to direct exposure to air, which easily induces additional stacking defects and triggers perovskite degradation compared to films fabricated by traditional spin‐coating under inert conditions. Here, a multiple molecular interaction strategy is introduced to address this challenge by incorporating a 2‐thiazole formamidine hydrochloride (TC) additive, effectively suppressing defect formation during ambient printing. The specific interactions between TC and precursor components, i.e., multiple hydrogen bonds and coordination interactions, could promote the crystallization of α‐phase perovskites and reduce cation and anion vacancies simultaneously when drying in air. These endows high‐quality ambient‐printed perovskite films with large crystalline grains with eliminated nanovoids and low trap‐densities, which improve charge carrier dynamics and prevent perovskite decomposition and hydration under thermal/humidity stress during long‐term annealing/ambient storage. The unencapsulated PSCs show a high efficiency of 23.72% with good stability, i.e., realizing 92% and 95% efficiency retention after 672 h of annealing at 85 °C in a N 2 atmosphere and after 2088 h of storage in ambient air.

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Advanced Energy Materials
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2025-01-22
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https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202405423
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8
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Perovskite Materials and Applications
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Abstract The ambient printing of high‐performance and stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is crucial for enabling low‐cost and energy‐efficient industrial fabrication. However, producing high‐quality perovskite films via ambient printing remains challenging due to direct exposure to air, which easily induces additional stacking defects and triggers perovskite degradation compared to films fabricated by traditional spin‐coating under inert conditions. Here, a multiple molecular interaction strategy is introduced to address this challenge by incorporating a 2‐thiazole formamidine hydrochloride (TC) additive, effectively suppressing defect formation during ambient printing. The specific interactions between TC and precursor components, i.e., multiple hydrogen bonds and coordination interactions, could promote the crystallization of α‐phase perovskites and reduce cation and anion vacancies simultaneously when drying in air. These endows high‐quality ambient‐printed perovskite films with large crystalline grains with eliminated nanovoids and low trap‐densities, which improve charge carrier dynamics and prevent perovskite decomposition and hydration under thermal/humidity stress during long‐term annealing/ambient storage. The unencapsulated PSCs show a high efficiency of 23.72% with good stability, i.e., realizing 92% and 95% efficiency retention after 672 h of annealing at 85 °C in a N 2 atmosphere and after 2088 h of storage in ambient air.

Advanced Energy MaterialsVol. 15(21)
China Three Gorges Corporation (China) (CN), Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (CN), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN), Shaanxi Normal University (CN)
China Three Gorges Corporation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Higher Education Discipline Innovation Project, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
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