Enhancing Halogen Phase Synchronous Crystallization Enables High‐Performance Wide‐Bandgap Perovskite Photovoltaics
Wide-bandgap (WBG) perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have promising applications in tandem cells, offering a viable pathway to surpass the theoretical efficiency limits of single-junction photovoltaic devices. However, WBG perovskite with increasing bromide content suffers from inhomogeneous phase distribution and bulk defects, owing to the mismatched crystallization kinetics between halogen phases. Herein, we propose a synchronous halogen crystallization strategy utilizing a multifunctional additive, 4,4',4″-tricarboxyl triphenylamine (TTA), to modulate the bromine/iodine phase competitive crystallization. TTA preferentially coordinates with bromine-rich components and reduces its rapid crystallization, while simultaneously accelerating the crystallization of the iodine-rich phase, resulting in their synchronous crystallization. This approach also improves composition uniformity and film quality, which effectively suppresses non-radiative recombination and enhances phase stability under light irradiation and voltage bias. As a result, the TTA-modified device achieves a remarkable power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 20.55% with an open-circuit voltage (V<sub>OC</sub>) of 1.339 V. Moreover, the unencapsulated device retains 90% of its initial efficiency after 1050 h of storage in the ambient environment and exhibits an extended T<sub>90</sub> lifetime of 750 h under ISOS-L-1 conditions. This work offers a new perspective for addressing inhomogeneous crystallization in mixed-halide perovskite and facilitates their integrated into tandem photovoltaics.
Authors
- Chunyang Miao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2163-1421)
- Yilong Ye
- Guangwei He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6580-5219)
- Xue Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2461-0372)
- Bo Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2758-7772)
- Kaiming Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9264-6631)
- Tianci Gu
- Qianqian Chang
- Yu Cao
- Taiyu Wang
- Diwei Zhang
- Yuan Lin
Institutions
- Nanjing Tech University (CN)
- Rex Medical (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Small
- Published
- 2026-01-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202513111
- Primary Topic
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes