Publication date: 4th October 2024
Perovskite solar cells have come to the forefront of solar research in the last decade with
certified efficiencies of now >26%. This is approaching rapidly the Shockley-Queisser limit for
single-junction solar cells, implying that the main breakthroughs for perovskites were
achieved with relatively narrow bandgaps.[1a,1b] Less progress, however, was made for
wider bandgap perovskites, which are of interest for multijunction photovoltaics, detector
applications, or water splitting. These wide bandgap perovskites are often comprised of fully
inorganic components, which are hard to dissolve in conventional solvent systems and
require more sophisticated synthesis as well as crystallisation techniques.
In this talk, I will discuss strategies to address these challenges by providing a library of
hitherto unexplored wide bandgap perovskites using combinatorics. Unfortunately, the
newly formulated liquid precursors often exhibit complex crystallization behaviour struggling
to expel the typically used DMSO solvent. To delay the crystallization time, two strategies
are proposed to remove the strongly complexating DMSO molecules through a) modified
processing of the liquid thin-film[2] and b) a coordination solvent with a high donicity and a
low vapor-pressure[3] leading to a marked improvement in the overall film quality.
Lastly, interface manipulation, especially on top of the formed perovskite, is becoming a
central topic to advance further. Typically, this involves chemical surface treatments with a
complex interaction. Here, light annealing is introduced as a universal, non-chemical
approach to modify the perovskite surface resulting in a reduced surface recombination.[4]
[1a] Saliba et al. Energy & Environmental Science (2016), [1b] Turren-Cruz, Hagfeldt, Saliba; Science (2018)
[2] Byranvand,…, Saliba; One‐Step Thermal Gradient‐and Antisolvent‐Free Crystallization of All‐Inorganic
Perovskites for Highly Efficient and Thermally Stable Solar Cells, Advanced Science (2022)
[3] Zuo,…, Saliba; Coordination Chemistry as a Universal Strategy for a Controlled Perovskite Crystallization,
Advanced Materials (2023)
[4] Kedia,…, Saliba; Light Makes Right: Laser Polishing for
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