Synergistic Ion Engineering for Wide-Bandgap Perovskite Enables Perovskite–Organic Tandem Solar Cells with a Record Certified Voltage

Mixed-halide wide-bandgap (WBG) perovskites suffer from defect-induced open-circuit voltage (VOC) loss and photoinduced phase segregation. Herein, we introduce rubidium formate (RbFa) as a single dopant to mitigate both challenges through synergistic ion engineering. The Rb+ cation enters the lattice to induce contraction, while the formate anion (Fa–) modulates crystallization kinetics and passivates halide vacancies. This cooperative interaction maximizes residual compressive strain, thermodynamically raising the ion-migration barrier, while vacancy passivation kinetically blocks migration pathways. Consequently, we achieve a high VOC of 1.371 V and enhanced photostability for 1.86 eV WBG perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Monolithic perovskite–organic tandem solar cells deliver an efficiency of 26.03% with a record certified VOC of 2.189 V and retain over 90% of their initial efficiency after 1000 h under continuous 1-sun illumination.

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ACS Energy Letters
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2026-03-16
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.6c00419
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Perovskite Materials and Applications
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Abstract

Mixed-halide wide-bandgap (WBG) perovskites suffer from defect-induced open-circuit voltage (VOC) loss and photoinduced phase segregation. Herein, we introduce rubidium formate (RbFa) as a single dopant to mitigate both challenges through synergistic ion engineering. The Rb+ cation enters the lattice to induce contraction, while the formate anion (Fa–) modulates crystallization kinetics and passivates halide vacancies. This cooperative interaction maximizes residual compressive strain, thermodynamically raising the ion-migration barrier, while vacancy passivation kinetically blocks migration pathways. Consequently, we achieve a high VOC of 1.371 V and enhanced photostability for 1.86 eV WBG perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Monolithic perovskite–organic tandem solar cells deliver an efficiency of 26.03% with a record certified VOC of 2.189 V and retain over 90% of their initial efficiency after 1000 h under continuous 1-sun illumination.

ACS Energy Letters
University of Science and Technology of China (CN), Hefei University of Technology (CN), City University of Hong Kong (HK), Advanced Energy (United States) (US), National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (CN), Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (CN), Anhui Normal University (CN), Yangzhou University (CN), Nanjing University (CN)
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