posted on 2021-09-29, 16:34authored byChen Gao, Pang Wang, Hui Wang, Cong Yu, Baocai Du, Huijun Zhang, Teng Li, Dan Liu, Tao Wang
Spray-coating
as a high throughput and low-cost deposition process
endows perovskite solar cell (PSC) devices the possibility of large-scale
production, while the low device efficiency due to poor and uncontrolled
film quality impedes the commercialization process of PSCs. Herein,
we demonstrate a binary additive engineering strategy to achieve a
device efficiency of 18.2% with minor hysteresis by spray-coating
the (FAPbI3)x(MAPbBr3)1–x hybrid perovskite in air.
The spray-coated perovskite films have a hierarchical structure that
is composed of large grains of over 100 μm and small grains
of around 400 nm. The incorporation of L-α-phosphatidylcholine
additive in the perovskite precursor improves crystallinity, narrows
grain boundaries between large grains, and passivates FA+/MA+ vacancies, consequently increasing light absorption
and reducing trap-assisted charge recombination to improve efficiency.
The addition of KI additive increases the large-grain size and passivates
defects, thereby reducing hysteresis as well as further enhancing
efficiency. This work introduces a facile binary additive approach
to fabricate high efficiency, one-step spray-coated PSCs in ambient
conditions.