Excess PbI<sub>2</sub> Management via Multimode Supramolecular Complex Engineering Enables High‐Performance Perovskite Solar Cells
Hengkai Zhang, Wei Yu, Junxue Guo, Chao Xu, Zhiwei Ren, Kuan Liu, Guang Yang, Minchao Qin, Jiaming Huang, Jiaming Huang, Zhiliang Chen, Qiong Liang, Dong Shen, Zehan Wu, Yaokang Zhang, Hrisheekesh Thachoth Chandran, Jianhua Hao, Ye Zhu, Chun‐Sing Lee, Xinhui Lu, Zijian Zheng, Jinsong Huang, Jinsong Huang, Gang Li
Abstract
Abstract Excess PbI 2 in perovskite film is an effective strategy for boosting perovskite solar cells (PSCs) performance. However, the presence of unreacted PbI 2 is a critical source of intrinsic instability in perovskite under illumination, due to the photolysis of PbI 2 (decomposed into metallic lead and iodine). Herein, this issue is solved by applying ionic liquids (ILs) on PSCs where the ILs can form types of stable supramolecules with residual lead iodide. The formation process and mechanism of the supramolecules are elucidated. The residual PbI 2 is also revealed to cause high level lead interstitial defects and induced tensile strain which further deteriorate device performance. The self‐assembled supramolecular complex can passivate the PSCs where significant enhancements are achieved in both power conversion efficiency (PCE, from 21.9% to 23.4%) and device stability (retaining 95% of the initial PCE after 4080 h in ambient dry‐air storage, and 80% after 1400 h continuous light illumination).