One-Year stable perovskite solar cells by 2D/3D interface engineering

• Published in: Nature communications 2017-06, Vol.8 (1), p.15684-15684, Article 15684
• Main Authors: Grancini, G., Roldán-Carmona, C., Zimmermann, I., Mosconi, E., Lee, X., Martineau, D., Narbey, S., Oswald, F., De Angelis, F., Graetzel, M., Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: 140/133; 639/301/299/946; 639/4077/4072/4062; Engineering; Humanities and Social Sciences; Interfaces; multidisciplinary; Science; Science (multidisciplinary)
• ISSN: 2041-1723; 2041-1723
• DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15684

Despite the impressive photovoltaic performances with power conversion efficiency beyond 22%, perovskite solar cells are poorly stable under operation, failing by far the market requirements. Various technological approaches have been proposed to overcome the instability problem, which, while delivering appreciable incremental improvements, are still far from a market-proof solution. Here we show one-year stable perovskite devices by engineering an ultra-stable 2D/3D (HOOC(CH 2 ) 4 NH 3 ) 2 PbI 4 /CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 perovskite junction. The 2D/3D forms an exceptional gradually-organized multi-dimensional interface that yields up to 12.9% efficiency in a carbon-based architecture, and 14.6% in standard mesoporous solar cells. To demonstrate the up-scale potential of our technology, we fabricate 10 × 10 cm 2 solar modules by a fully printable industrial-scale process, delivering 11.2% efficiency stable for >10,000 h with zero loss in performances measured under controlled standard conditions. This innovative stable and low-cost architecture will enable the timely commercialization of perovskite solar cells. Up-scaling represents a key challenge for photovoltaics based on metal halide perovskites. Using a composite of 2D and 3D perovskites in combination with a printable carbon black/graphite counter electrode; Grancini et al ., report 11.2% efficient modules stable over 10,000 hours.