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.
Authors
- Zhengguo Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1720-2392)
- D. C. Li
- Rongyao Lv
- Yu-Ang Liu
- Yuchen Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8039-0018)
- Zebo Fang
- Yilin Zuo
- Junfa Zhu
- Shantao Zhang
- Zonglong Zhu
- Tao Chen
- Yuan Li
- Shuang Chen
- Shangfeng Yang
- Guoqing Tong
- Yuanyuan Liu
- Xiao Cheng Zeng
- Guan-Wu Wang
- Xinyu Li
Institutions
- 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)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ACS Energy Letters
- Published
- 2026-03-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.6c00419
- Primary Topic
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00