23.81%-Efficiency Flexible Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells with Enhanced Stability and Flexibility via a Lewis Base Passivation.

Abstract

Lewis base molecules bind the undercoordinated lead atoms at interfaces and grain boundaries, leading to the high efficiency and stability of flexible perovskite solar cells (PSCs). We demonstrated a highly efficient, stable, and flexible PSC via interface passivation using a Lewis base of tri(o-tolyl)phosphine (TTP). It not only induced an intimate interface contact and a complete deposition of the perovskite thin layers on hole transport layers (HTLs) but also led to a better perovskite with a raised crystallinity, fewer defects, and a better morphology, including fewer gullies, high uniformity, and low roughness. Furthermore, the TTP treatments induced a good alignment of energy levels among the perovskites, HTLs, and C₆₀. The resultant flexible inverted PSCs exhibited a high power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 23.81%, which is one of the highest PCEs among these flexible inverted PSCs. Moreover, the optimized flexible PSCs exhibited high storage stability, superior operation stability, and enhanced mechanical flexibility. This study presents an effective method to substantially raise the PCE, stability, and mechanical flexibility of the flexible inverted perovskite photovoltaics.