Printable CsPbI₃ Perovskite Solar Cells with PCE of 19% via an Additive Strategy

Abstract

Abstract All‐inorganic CsPbI 3 holds promise for efficient tandem solar cells, but reported fabrication techniques are not transferrable to scalable manufacturing methods. Herein, printable CsPbI 3 solar cells are reported, in which the charge transporting layers and photoactive layer are deposited by fast blade‐coating at a low temperature (≤100 °C) in ambient conditions. High‐quality CsPbI 3 films are grown via introducing a low concentration of the multifunctional molecular additive Zn(C 6 F 5 ) 2 , which reconciles the conflict between air‐flow‐assisted fast drying and low‐quality film including energy misalignment and trap formation. Material analysis reveals a preferential accumulation of the additive close to the perovskite/SnO 2 interface and strong chemisorption on the perovskite surface, which leads to the formation of energy gradients and suppressed trap formation within the perovskite film, as well as a 150 meV improvement of the energetic alignment at the perovskite/SnO 2 interface. The combined benefits translate into significant enhancement of the power conversion efficiency to 19% for printable solar cells. The devices without encapsulation degrade only by ≈2% after 700 h in air conditions.