Robust Fully Screen‐Printed Perovskite Solar Cells Based on Synergistic Ostwald Ripening
Fully screen-printed process for low-cost manufacturing significantly enhances the commercial competitiveness of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, the controllable crystallization in screen-printed perovskite thin films using high-viscosity ionic liquids has been suggested to be difficult, which hampers further development of fully screen-printed perovskite devices in terms of application expansion and performance improvement. Here, we report a synergistic ripening strategy to fully control crystallization by employing methylamine propionate (MAPa) ionic liquid and water (H<sub>2</sub>O, moisture in the air). We found that a reversible and sustainable ripening process was activated by integrating MAPa/H<sub>2</sub>O in both externally and internally into perovskite crystals. MAPa effectively prevents the loss of organic salts and maintains the dispersion of Pb-I framework, preventing the perovskite component loss and decomposition. H<sub>2</sub>O and organic salts trends to form hydration complexes, which lowers the energy barrier and enhances the reactivity of the humidity-induced Ostwald ripening reaction. These improvements allow the screen-printed perovskite thin films achieve controlled secondary growth and ion exchange, thereby reducing defects and optimizing energy level alignment. The resulting fully screen-printed PSCs exhibits a record power conversion efficiency of 19.47 % and an operational stability over 1,000 h with maintaining 91.6 % of the highest efficiency under continuous light stress at maximum power point.
Authors
- Xueqin Ran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5662-4208)
- Yutian Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4293-3995)
- Jinpei Wang
- Yingdong Xia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4023-3231)
- Lingfeng Chao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5493-435X)
- Dengke Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3749-605X)
- Xiao Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0245-5271)
- Changshun Chen
- Yonghua Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9694-4246)
- Chunyu Guo
- Qing Yao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0495-3036)
Institutions
- Nanjing Tech University (CN)
- Kunming University (CN)
- Northwestern Polytechnical University (CN)
- Yunnan University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2025-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202425162
- Citations
- 11
- Primary Topic
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.03
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China