Nano-Micro Letters  2024, Vol. 16 Issue (1): 183-    DOI: 10.1007/s40820-024-01400-w
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Manipulating Crystal Growth and Secondary Phase PbI2 to Enable Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells with Natural Additives
Yirong Wang1,2, Yaohui Cheng3, Chunchun Yin1, Jinming Zhang1(), Jingxuan You1,2, Jizheng Wang1,2(), Jinfeng Wang4, Jun Zhang1,2
1 Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, 100190, People’s Republic of China
2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China
3 Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, People’s Republic of China
4 Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, People’s Republic of China
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Abstract  

In perovskite solar cells (PSCs), the inherent defects of perovskite film and the random distribution of excess lead iodide (PbI2) prevent the improvement of efficiency and stability. Herein, natural cellulose is used as the raw material to design a series of cellulose derivatives for perovskite crystallization engineering. The cationic cellulose derivative C-Im-CN with cyano-imidazolium (Im-CN) cation and chloride anion prominently promotes the crystallization process, grain growth, and directional orientation of perovskite. Meanwhile, excess PbI2 is transferred to the surface of perovskite grains or formed plate-like crystallites in local domains. These effects result in suppressing defect formation, decreasing grain boundaries, enhancing carrier extraction, inhibiting non-radiative recombination, and dramatically prolonging carrier lifetimes. Thus, the PSCs exhibit a high power conversion efficiency of 24.71%. Moreover, C-Im-CN has multiple interaction sites and polymer skeleton, so the unencapsulated PSCs maintain above 91.3% of their initial efficiencies after 3000 h of continuous operation in a conventional air atmosphere and have good stability under high humidity conditions. The utilization of biopolymers with excellent structure-designability to manage the perovskite opens a state-of-the-art avenue for manufacturing and improving PSCs.

Key wordsPerovskite      Solar cells      Defect passivation      Biomass additives      Crystal orientation     
Received: 02 January 2024      Published: 29 April 2024
Corresponding Authors: Jinming Zhang, Jizheng Wang   
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Yirong Wang,Yaohui Cheng,Chunchun Yin, et al. Manipulating Crystal Growth and Secondary Phase PbI2 to Enable Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells with Natural Additives[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 183-.
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