CsPbl3-Based Phase-Stable 2D Ruddlesden-Popper Perovskites for Efficient Solar Cells

Inorganic CsPbI3 perovskite has shown great promise in highly stable perovskite solar cells due to the lack of volatile organic components. However, the inferior phase stability in ambient conditions resulted from the very small Cs+, limiting their practical applications. Here, CsPbI3-based 2D Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) perovskites were developed using two thiophene-based aromatic spacers, namely, 2-thiophenemethylamine hydroiodide (ThMA) and 2-thiopheneformamidine hydroiodide (ThFA), which significantly improved the phase stability by releasing the large inner stress of black-phase CsPbI3. The optimized ThFA-based 2D RP perovskite (n = 5, ThFA-Cs) device achieves a record efficiency of 16.00%. Importantly, the ThFA-Cs devices could maintain an average of 98% of their initial efficiencies after being stored in N-2 at room temperature for 3000 h and 92% of their initial value at 80 degrees C for 960 h. This work provides a new perspective for exploration of the phase-stable CsPbI3-based perovskite with reduced dimensions for high-performance solar cells.

Automated summary

CsPbI3-based 2D Ruddlesden-Popper perovskites with thiophene-based aromatic spacers exhibit improved phase stability and achieve a record efficiency of 16.00%. These devices maintain high efficiency even after long-term storage and exposure to high temperatures.