Reducing Energetic Disorder for High‐Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells with Low Urbach Energy by in Situ NH <sub>3</sub> Generation
The high disorder in perovskite materials leads to severe carrier non-radiative recombination, which directly determines the energy loss of photovoltaic devices. Currently, modulation of energetic disorder in perovskite solar cells and its correlation with open-circuit voltage losses (V<sub>OC, loss</sub>) remain insufficiently understood. We regulated the perovskite crystallization process by in situ NH<sub>3</sub> generation, thereby enhancing the perovskite degree of energetic order. Density functional theory calculations reveal that lone-pair electrons on the N atom of the NH<sub>3</sub> molecule coordinate with Pb<sup>2+</sup>, increasing the defect formation energy of lead vacancies (V<sub>Pb</sub>), Pb-on-I antisite (Pb<sub>I</sub>), and I-on-Pb antisite (I<sub>Pb</sub>) to 5.61, 0.37, and 4.09 eV, respectively. As a result, we obtained energetic ordered perovskite film with an Urbach energy of 23.7 meV. The champion device exhibited a reduced V<sub>OC, loss</sub> by over than 50 mV and achieved an open-circuit voltage (V<sub>OC</sub>) of 1.182 V with a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 26.26%. Under the ISOS-D protocols, the device maintains over 95% of its initial efficiency after 1100 h of nitrogen storage and over 90% after 700 h at 65 °C. And the 5 × 5 cm<sup>2</sup> mini-modules achieved a PCE of 21.31%, representing state-of-the-art performance in perovskite photovoltaics.
Authors
- Qiangqiang Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4446-8608)
- Wenying Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5795-935X)
- Weidong Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0767-3086)
- Yongguang Tu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1402-4148)
- Bin Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1141-5557)
- Ruilin Han
- Duo Qu
- Jiang Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0679-6196)
- Kai Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1012-1781)
- Chunsheng Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9050-9078)
- Jihuai Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9820-1382)
- Rui Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7631-3589)
- Jiangang Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4553-8157)
- Chuanzhen Shang
- Xuemeng Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5806-5291)
- Chenyun Wang
- Zheng Bao
- Zhang Lan
- Xiaoyu Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7788-4324)
- Shasha Wang
Institutions
- Huaqiao University (CN)
- Northwestern Polytechnical University (CN)
- Shanxi University (CN)
- Peking University (CN)
- Beijing Institute of Optoelectronic Technology (CN)
- Integrated Optoelectronics (Norway) (NO)
- Zero to Three (US)
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2025-10-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202516464
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.11