Fully Conjugated Co‐Self‐Assembled Monolayers for Efficient and Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells
[4-(3,6-dimethyl-9H-carbazol-9-yl)butyl]phosphonic acid (Me-4PACz) consistently exhibits inhomogeneous distribution on the substrate, which makes it a challenge for the growth of high-quality perovskite film, resulting in undesired interfacial losses at buried interfaces. Moreover, the flexible alkyl chains of Me-4PACz are not conducive to intermolecular interactions and hinder charge flow. Here, a novel molecule with 4-Methoxy-N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-phenylaniline (TPA) and carbazole backbone, named CzTPA is designed, which constituted Co-SAM with Me-4PACz. The two carboxyls on the end of carbazole will act as an anchoring group to cover the inadequate coverage of Me-4PACz on the NiO<sub>x</sub>. The methoxy group on the TPA can passivation the uncoordinated Pb<sup>2+</sup> at the perovskite buried interface by the interaction of Pb─O. Additionally, the Me-4PACz can be restrained self-aggregation by interacting with the TPA group of CzTPA. The cooperation of CzTPA realizes the more homogeneous distribution of Me-4PACz on the NiO<sub>x</sub>, efficient charge transport, and minimize buried interfacial defects. Accordingly, the CzTPA modification can significantly enhance the efficiency of 1.54-eV PSCs from 23.53% to 25.66% and sustain 91.4% of its original efficiency after 1992 h under continuous illumination at 65 °C. More importantly, a 1.68 eV of wide-bandgap PSC achieved a PCE of 22.75% with good photostability.
Authors
- Y. P. Liu
- Xiaoting Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6604-2834)
- Zhicai Chen
- Linfeng Lu
- Xinliang Ding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2950-4360)
- Qinglong Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7769-8019)
- Qiang Fu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9329-943X)
- Xiangrong Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8907-8223)
- Liujiang Zhang
- Shiyang Shao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4869-5772)
- Xingyu Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1477-0092)
- Tianjiao Chu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0316-1810)
- Weitai Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0711-4580)
- Yiran Yan
- Xin Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3428-3806)
- Yanna Hou
- Jiarong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5336-5781)
- Xiaofei Ji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0612-3316)
- Ziyang Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7996-2963)
- Liyou Yang
- Bin Kan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2305-3482)
- Lin Yang
- Jia Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9910-1639)
Institutions
- Ningbo University (CN)
- Shanghai Polytechnic University (CN)
- City University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Nankai University (CN)
- Hainan University (CN)
- Jinergy (China) (CN)
- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (CN)
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Small
- Published
- 2025-03-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202502367
- Citations
- 19
- Primary Topic
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 13.88
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China