Supramolecular Cavity Confinement Inducing Ordered C <sub>60</sub> Assembly and Suppressed Interfacial Non‐Radiative Recombination for Efficient and Scalable Perovskite Solar Cells

ABSTRACT Charge‐carrier non‐radiative recombination at the perovskite/C 60 interface seriously limits the device efficiency and operational stability. Herein, we report a cavity‐confined and directionally assembled strategy by introducing 4‐tert‐butylcalix[6]arene (4tBu‐C[6]A) at the perovskite/C 60 interface, which facilitates uniform and compact C 60 deposition via size matching and host–guest interactions. The calixarene‐cavity enables strong π–π stacking with C 60 , which is further enhanced by the electron‐donating tert‐butyl groups, thus firmly immobilizing and improving the dispersion of C 60 . Moreover, the lower‐rim hydroxyl groups in 4tBu‐C[6]A interact with the under‐coordinated Pb 2+ and couple with the 1,3‐propyldiammonium diiodide interfacial molecules, strengthening the field‐effect interfacial passivation, accelerating electron transport, and enhancing the quasi‐Fermi level splitting. This supramolecular template strategy enables a minimal non‐radiative voltage loss of 68 mV. Consequently, the inverted perovskite devices achieve power conversion efficiencies of 26.68%, 25.13%, and 23.07% on active areas of 0.09, 1, and 12.96 cm 2 , respectively. Additionally, the target devices retain over 80% of their initial efficiencies after 1100 h of maximum power point tracking. This work provides a scalable interfacial engineering strategy for perovskite photovoltaics and highlights the potential of supramolecular chemistry in functional optoelectronic interfaces.

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Advanced Functional Materials
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2025-12-30
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202530794
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Perovskite Materials and Applications
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Supramolecular Cavity Confinement Inducing Ordered C 60 Assembly and Suppressed Interfacial Non‐Radiative Recombination for Efficient and Scalable Perovskite Solar Cells

Y. Wu, Q. Y. Peng, Wei Hui, X. Xu et al.
Advanced Functional Materials
Perovskite Materials and Applications
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Supramolecular Cavity Confinement Inducing Ordered C 60 Assembly and Suppressed Interfacial Non‐Radiative Recombination for Efficient and Scalable Perovskite Solar Cells

Y. Wu, Q. Y. Peng, Wei Hui, X. Xu, Xin Chen, Lin Song, Ping Xu, Qi Wang, Ben Fan
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ABSTRACT Charge‐carrier non‐radiative recombination at the perovskite/C 60 interface seriously limits the device efficiency and operational stability. Herein, we report a cavity‐confined and directionally assembled strategy by introducing 4‐tert‐butylcalix[6]arene (4tBu‐C[6]A) at the perovskite/C 60 interface, which facilitates uniform and compact C 60 deposition via size matching and host–guest interactions. The calixarene‐cavity enables strong π–π stacking with C 60 , which is further enhanced by the electron‐donating tert‐butyl groups, thus firmly immobilizing and improving the dispersion of C 60 . Moreover, the lower‐rim hydroxyl groups in 4tBu‐C[6]A interact with the under‐coordinated Pb 2+ and couple with the 1,3‐propyldiammonium diiodide interfacial molecules, strengthening the field‐effect interfacial passivation, accelerating electron transport, and enhancing the quasi‐Fermi level splitting. This supramolecular template strategy enables a minimal non‐radiative voltage loss of 68 mV. Consequently, the inverted perovskite devices achieve power conversion efficiencies of 26.68%, 25.13%, and 23.07% on active areas of 0.09, 1, and 12.96 cm 2 , respectively. Additionally, the target devices retain over 80% of their initial efficiencies after 1100 h of maximum power point tracking. This work provides a scalable interfacial engineering strategy for perovskite photovoltaics and highlights the potential of supramolecular chemistry in functional optoelectronic interfaces.

Advanced Functional Materials
Northwestern Polytechnical University (CN), Ingenierie des Materiaux polymeres (FR)
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Supramolecular Cavity Confinement Inducing Ordered C <sub>60</sub> Assembly and Suppressed Interfacial Non‐Radiative Recombination for Efficient and Scalable Perovskite Solar Cells — Y. Wu, Q. Y. Peng, et al. · Advanced Functional Materials (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS