Achieving Seasonal Reproducibility in Wide‐Bandgap Sn‐Based Perovskite Solar Cells via Proton‐Locking Interface Engineering

ABSTRACT The advancement of wide‐bandgap (WBG) Sn‐perovskite devices is substantially hindered by seasonal instability and limited reproducibility, primarily due to moisture‐induced over‐doping of PEDOT:PSS and Sn 2+ oxidation. Here, we introduce a hydrophobic proton‐locking interface engineering strategy by incorporating a novel S‐benzyl‐L‐cysteine (SBLC) molecule into PEDOT:PSS. The hydrophobic benzyl backbone, amine groups, and significant dipole moment of SBLC facilitate strong coordination with Sn 2+ , effectively preventing moisture ingress and stabilizing buried interfacial energetics. This multifunctional modulation suppresses defects and promotes uniform crystallization across varying humidity and seasonal conditions. The optimized Target device, based on a WBG Sn‐perovskite composition of PEA 0.10 FA 0.75 EA 0.15 SnI 2.15 Br 0.85 , achieves a power conversion efficiency of 11.50% and retains >80% of its average performance across 279 devices fabricated monthly over 11 months, thereby establishing the first seasonal reproducibility benchmark. Furthermore, this approach exhibits increased stability of various stress conditions and enables a record efficiency of 17.40% in all‐perovskite tandem devices featuring a WBG Sn‐perovskite. These findings provide a scalable pathway toward reproducible, tandem‐compatible, lead‐free photovoltaics.

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Advanced Energy Materials
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2025-12-26
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https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202505598
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Perovskite Materials and Applications
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ABSTRACT The advancement of wide‐bandgap (WBG) Sn‐perovskite devices is substantially hindered by seasonal instability and limited reproducibility, primarily due to moisture‐induced over‐doping of PEDOT:PSS and Sn 2+ oxidation. Here, we introduce a hydrophobic proton‐locking interface engineering strategy by incorporating a novel S‐benzyl‐L‐cysteine (SBLC) molecule into PEDOT:PSS. The hydrophobic benzyl backbone, amine groups, and significant dipole moment of SBLC facilitate strong coordination with Sn 2+ , effectively preventing moisture ingress and stabilizing buried interfacial energetics. This multifunctional modulation suppresses defects and promotes uniform crystallization across varying humidity and seasonal conditions. The optimized Target device, based on a WBG Sn‐perovskite composition of PEA 0.10 FA 0.75 EA 0.15 SnI 2.15 Br 0.85 , achieves a power conversion efficiency of 11.50% and retains >80% of its average performance across 279 devices fabricated monthly over 11 months, thereby establishing the first seasonal reproducibility benchmark. Furthermore, this approach exhibits increased stability of various stress conditions and enables a record efficiency of 17.40% in all‐perovskite tandem devices featuring a WBG Sn‐perovskite. These findings provide a scalable pathway toward reproducible, tandem‐compatible, lead‐free photovoltaics.

Advanced Energy MaterialsVol. 16(9)
Pohang University of Science and Technology (KR), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (KR), Institute for Basic Science (KR), Korea Photonics Technology Institute (KR), Hanyang University (KR), Chung-Ang University (KR), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (IN), Sungkyunkwan University (KR), Macquarie University (AU)
National Research Foundation, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, National Research Foundation of Korea, Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea
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