High-Efficiency CsPbI2Br Perovskite Solar Cells with over 83% Fill Factor by Synergistic Effects of a Multifunctional Additive

All-inorganic CsPbI2Br with outstanding thermal stability and excellent photoelectric properties is considered as a promising candidate for photovoltaic applications. However, the efficiency of CsPbI2Br perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is still much lower than that of their organic-inorganic hybrid counterparts or CsPbI3-based devices. Herein, we obtained an optimized CsPbI2Br PSC (0.09 cm2) with a champion efficiency of 17.38% and a record fill factor of 83.6% by introducing potassium anthraquinone-1,8disulfonate (DAD) in the precursor solution. The synergistic effect between the electronegative functional groups and K+ ions in the DAD structure can not only effectively regulate the crystallization growth process to improve the crystalline quality and stability of photo-active CsPbI2Br but also optimize the energy level alignment and passivate the defects to improve the carrier transport properties. The efficiency of the corresponding large-area device (5 cm x 5 cm with an active area of 19.25 cm2) reached 13.20%. Moreover, the optimized CsPbI2Br PSC exhibited negligible hysteresis and enhanced long-term storage stability as well as thermal stability. Our method produces more stable photo-active CsPbI2Br with excellent photoelectric properties for industrial applications or perovskite/silicon tandem cells.

Automated summary

By introducing potassium anthraquinone-1,8-disulfonate (DAD) in the precursor solution, we achieved an optimized CsPbI2Br perovskite solar cell with a champion efficiency of 17.38% and a record fill factor of 83.6%. The synergistic effect between the electronegative functional groups and K+ ions in the DAD structure improved the crystalline quality and stability of CsPbI2Br and enhanced carrier transport properties. The efficiency of the corresponding large-area device reached 13.20% and exhibited negligible hysteresis and enhanced long-term storage stability as well as thermal stability.