Fluoroacetate‐Mediated Dual‐Interface Ionic Stabilization in Perovskite Solar Cells
Crystallization kinetics and ionic dynamics jointly govern the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Here, we report a fluoroacetate-mediated molecular strategy that regulates perovskite crystallization and ionic migration. Ethylammonium trifluoroacetate (EATFA) coordinates with lead and formamidinium ions, accelerating nucleation and moderating grain growth during the vacuum quenching process. Upon annealing, EATFA localizes at both top and bottom interfaces, where dual-sided enrichment passivates deep-level traps, enhances charge extraction, and suppresses light-induced halide accumulation. Deep-level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) and transient ion drift (TID) reveal that EATFA prevents the temperature-induced transition of iodide ions into an interstitial-mediated migration pathway observed in conventional films (activation energy decreased from 0.47 to 0.15 eV). Applied to 1.66-eV wide-bandgap PSCs, critical for silicon/perovskite tandems yet prone to ion-migration degradation, this strategy enhances both power-conversion efficiency (PCE) and operational stability under thermal, ultraviolet, and continuous stress, achieving 22.06% PCE in 1-square-centimeter blade-coated devices and retaining 95% of initial efficiency after 2000 h of maximum-power point tracking and 91% after 1000 h at 65°C. Similar improvements in 1.55-eV perovskites confirm the bandgap-independent nature of this approach, providing a unified route toward efficient and durable PSCs.
Authors
- Z G Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6229-5567)
- Chuanxiao Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4136-2249)
- Fengchun Cai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5287-8075)
- Shaojie Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4121-5895)
- Hongguang Meng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8099-0566)
- Huitian Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6059-1736)
- Lianyou Tang
- J Q Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0062-5724)
- Yixuan Che
- Kaitian Mao
- Weiwei Chen
- Yusong Wang
- Minghui Li
- Feiyang Liu
- Xiaojun Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3606-1211)
- Haifeng Lv
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at Nanoscale (CN)
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (CN)
- Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Materials
- Published
- 2026-04-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.73221
- Primary Topic
- Perovskite Materials and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Key Research and Development Program of China