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Stable perovskite solar cells with 23.12% efficiency and area over 1 cm2 by an all-in-one strategy

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To realize the commercialization of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), it is required to overcome the remaining challenges in device enlargement and operational stability. Here, we report an all-in-one strategy by integrating the oxidation of hole-transport material (HTM) with the formation of the passivation layer, which simultaneously solved the stability issues caused by HTM oxidation and realized the uniform defects in passivation over a large area. The resulting devices achieved a certified PCE of 23.12% on average with an aperture area of 1.04 cm2 and are reproducible with high operational stability because of the exclusion of air exposure, hygroscopic Li-TFSI, and the lithium-based wastes, maintaining ca. 90% of their initial PCEs after operation at the maximum power point under continuous 1 sun illumination for 1,600 h. Our strategy simplifies the fabrication process of PSCs, which is compatible with commercial-scale methods, offering facile access to efficient and stable large-area PSCs.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11834011, 12074245, 52102281, 51901132), the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by China Association for Science and Technology (2021QNRC001) and Shanghai Sailing Program (21YF1421600). This work performed at the University of Tokyo was supported by JSPS KAKENHI (JP21H02040).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Hongzhen Su, Xuesong Lin, Yanbo Wang, Zhenzhen Qin, Qifeng Han & Liyuan Han

  2. Special Division of Environmental and Energy Science, Komaba Organization for Educational Excellence (KOMEX), College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan

    Xiao Liu & Liyuan Han

  3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Qiwei Shi

  4. SJTU-Paris Elite Institute of Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Qiwei Shi

  5. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Institute of Advanced Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China

    Yiqiang Zhang

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Su, H., Lin, X., Wang, Y. et al. Stable perovskite solar cells with 23.12% efficiency and area over 1 cm2 by an all-in-one strategy. Sci. China Chem. 65, 1321–1329 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-022-1244-y

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