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Suppressing Fluoride Segregation for High Efficiency Tin Perovskite Solar Cells

Mingyu Ma, Xianyuan Jiang, Zihao Zang, Xin Wen, Wei Zhou, Haobo Wu, Si Peng, Yun-Long Liu, Hansheng Li, Danni Yu, Hao Liang, Hao Wang, Wenjia Zhou, Zhenhuang Su, Fan Zheng, Xingyu Gao, Alexei V. Emeline, Constantinos C. Stoumpos, Zhijun Ning

2024Advanced Functional Materials30 citationsDOI

Abstract

Abstract Phase segregation can bring low crystallinity and orientation, giving rise to poor carrier transport and high defect density, leading to poor device performance. In order to reduce oxidation and defect density and regulate film growth, lots of reductive additives such as SnF 2 are explored as additives in tin perovskite film growth. Despite the oxidation is effectively reduced, it induces phase segregation. Herein, a reductive molecule NH 5 F 2 with a bi‐fluoride anion is explored to address this challenge for tin perovskite solar cells. This bi‐fluoride anion reduces coordination energy with Sn 2+ compared to SnF 2 , hence the byproduct of [F─H─F] − can be eliminated during the film annealing process, effectively preventing fluoride segregation. As a result, a highly oriented perovskite film with reduced oxidation is fabricated. The film shows reduced defect density and carrier recombination, leading to improved current density. Consequently, a tin‐based perovskite solar cell with an efficiency of 15.04% is fabricated, ranking as one of the highest efficiencies reported up to now.

Topics & Concepts

Materials scienceTinFluoridePerovskite (structure)Chemical engineeringEngineering physicsOptoelectronicsNanotechnologyMetallurgyInorganic chemistryEngineeringChemistryPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsConducting polymers and applications