Randi Azmi, Drajad Satrio Utomo, Badri Vishal, Shynggys Zhumagali, Pia Dally, Andi Muhammad Risqi, Adi Prasetio, Esma Ugur, Fangfang Cao, Imil Fadli Imran, Ahmed Ali Said, Anil Reddy Pininti, Anand Selvin Subbiah, Erkan Aydin, Chuanxiao Xiao, Sang Il Seok, Stefaan De Wolf
Defects at the top and bottom interfaces of three-dimensional (3D) perovskite photo-absorbers diminish the performance and operational stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) due to charge recombination, ion migration, and electric-field inhomogeneities.1-5 Here, we demonstrate that long alkyl-amine ligands can generate near-phase pure two-dimensional (2D) perovskites at the top and bottom 3D perovskite interfaces and effectively resolves these issues. At the rear-contact side, we find that the employed alkyl-amine ligand strengthens the interactions with the substrate through acid-base reactions with the phosphonic acid group from the employed organic hole-transporting self-assembled monolayer molecule, thus regulating the 2D perovskite formation...
February 21, 2024: Nature