Over 8% efficient CsSnI3-based mesoporous perovskite solar cells enabled by two-step thermal annealing and surface cationic coordination dual treatment

作者:Ban, Huaxia; Nakajima, Takahito; Liu, Zhirong; Yu, Haixuan; Sun, Qiang; Dai, Letian; Shen, Yan; Zhang, Xiao-Li; Zhu, Jun; Chen, Peter; Wang, Mingkui*
来源:Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022, 10(7): 3642-3649.
DOI:10.1039/d1ta09811j

摘要

AR-inorganic tin halide perovskite compounds, such as CsSnI3, have attracted attention in the field of solar cells due to their eco-friendly properties. It is quite a challenge to fabricate high-quality CsSnI3 perovskite films with Low defect density due to the Low defect tolerance and overquick crystallization growth rate. Herein, we propose a simple yet effective method to modulate the dynamic balance between the growth and nucleation of perovskite crystals for black orthorhombic phase CsSnI3. We found that well-crystallized CsSnI3 thin films can be easily obtained through two-step thermal annealing at Low temperatures of 40 degrees C and 70 degrees C. We further introduced 1-(4-carboxyphenyl)-2-thiourea to coordinate with surface undercoordinated Sn2+ cations of CsSnI3 thin films through C=S and C=O functional groups, significantly decreasing the defect density. The CsSnI3 perovskite solar cells based on a printable c-TiO2/m-TiO2/Al2O3/NiOicarbon mesoporous framework achieved a power conversion efficiency of 8.03% with high reproducibility, which is the best efficiency among those reported for all-inorganic CsSnI3 mesoporous perovskite solar cells to date. Furthermore, the corresponding devices retained 90% of the initial efficiency after 3000 hours of storage in a N-2-filled glovebox.