TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancing Indoor Photovoltaic Efficiency to 37.6% Through Triple Passivation Reassembly and n ‐Type to p ‐Type Modulation in Wide Bandgap Perovskites
AU - Huang, Siming
AU - Hou, Shanyue
AU - Sanfo, Galyam
AU - Xu, Jingdong
AU - Wang, Yuting
AU - Muwanwella, Himal
AU - Pfeifer, Lukas
AU - Liu, Xiang
AU - Zakeeruddin, Shaik M
AU - Huang, Yuelong
AU - Grätzel, Michael
AU - Sajjad, Muhammad Tariq
AU - Abdi‐Jalebi, Mojtaba
PY - 2025/4/30
Y1 - 2025/4/30
N2 - Despite well‐matching indoor illumination spectra, the performance of wide bandgap perovskite solar cells (WB‐PSCs) for indoor photovoltaics (i‐PV) is hindered by photo‐induced halide phase segregation and trap‐assisted non‐radiative recombination. Herein, a Triple Passivation Treatment (TPT) reassembly strategy is presented to simultaneously suppress bulk and surface defects. TPT induces a transition in perovskite surface energetics from n‐type to p‐type and remarkably increases the photoluminescence quantum yield from 0.5 to 2.1%, creating a more favorable band alignment for hole extraction whilst substantially reducing halide phase segregation. As a result, 1.75 eV WB‐PSCs achieve an indoor Power Conversion Efficiency (iPCE) of 37.6% under 1000 lux illumination. Under standard sunlight conditions, the devices reach a Power Conversion Efficiency (PCE) of 20.1% and a fill factor of 78.5%, among the best performance parameters for this bandgap. Importantly, the passivated devices exhibit excellent shelf stability, retaining 92% of their initial performance after 3200 h. Under ambient air conditions at 55 °C, the unencapsulated devices maintained 76% of their initial PCE after 300 h continuous light soaking. The findings represent a significant breakthrough in the development of stable WB‐PSCs for i‐PV applications, with minimized nonradiative losses and enhanced performance.
AB - Despite well‐matching indoor illumination spectra, the performance of wide bandgap perovskite solar cells (WB‐PSCs) for indoor photovoltaics (i‐PV) is hindered by photo‐induced halide phase segregation and trap‐assisted non‐radiative recombination. Herein, a Triple Passivation Treatment (TPT) reassembly strategy is presented to simultaneously suppress bulk and surface defects. TPT induces a transition in perovskite surface energetics from n‐type to p‐type and remarkably increases the photoluminescence quantum yield from 0.5 to 2.1%, creating a more favorable band alignment for hole extraction whilst substantially reducing halide phase segregation. As a result, 1.75 eV WB‐PSCs achieve an indoor Power Conversion Efficiency (iPCE) of 37.6% under 1000 lux illumination. Under standard sunlight conditions, the devices reach a Power Conversion Efficiency (PCE) of 20.1% and a fill factor of 78.5%, among the best performance parameters for this bandgap. Importantly, the passivated devices exhibit excellent shelf stability, retaining 92% of their initial performance after 3200 h. Under ambient air conditions at 55 °C, the unencapsulated devices maintained 76% of their initial PCE after 300 h continuous light soaking. The findings represent a significant breakthrough in the development of stable WB‐PSCs for i‐PV applications, with minimized nonradiative losses and enhanced performance.
KW - triple passivation treatment
KW - halide phase segregation
KW - indoor photovoltaics
KW - n‐ to p‐type transformation
KW - wide bandgap perovskite solar cells
U2 - 10.1002/adfm.202502152
DO - 10.1002/adfm.202502152
M3 - Article
SN - 1616-3028
JO - Advanced Functional Materials
JF - Advanced Functional Materials
ER -