Understanding the Role of Fluorine Groups in Passivating Defects for Perovskite Solar Cells
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Xiaoqing Jiang
College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042 China
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Search for more papers by this authorGuangyue Yang
College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042 China
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Search for more papers by this authorBingqian Zhang
Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101 China
Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, 266101 China
Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, 266101 China
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042 China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorLinqin Wang
Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024 Zhejiang, China
Search for more papers by this authorYanfeng Yin
State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023 China
Search for more papers by this authorFengshan Zhang
Shandong Huatai Paper Co., Ltd. & Shandong Yellow Triangle Biotechnology Industry Research Institute Co. LTD, Dongying, 257335 China
Search for more papers by this authorShitao Yu
College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042 China
Search for more papers by this authorShiwei Liu
College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042 China
Search for more papers by this authorHongkai Bu
College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042 China
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Zhongmin Zhou
College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042 China
Search for more papers by this authorLicheng Sun
Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024 Zhejiang, China
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Shuping Pang
Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101 China
Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, 266101 China
Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, 266101 China
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Xin Guo
State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023 China
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Xiaoqing Jiang
College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042 China
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Search for more papers by this authorGuangyue Yang
College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042 China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorBingqian Zhang
Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101 China
Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, 266101 China
Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, 266101 China
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042 China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorLinqin Wang
Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024 Zhejiang, China
Search for more papers by this authorYanfeng Yin
State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023 China
Search for more papers by this authorFengshan Zhang
Shandong Huatai Paper Co., Ltd. & Shandong Yellow Triangle Biotechnology Industry Research Institute Co. LTD, Dongying, 257335 China
Search for more papers by this authorShitao Yu
College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042 China
Search for more papers by this authorShiwei Liu
College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042 China
Search for more papers by this authorHongkai Bu
College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042 China
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Zhongmin Zhou
College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042 China
Search for more papers by this authorLicheng Sun
Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024 Zhejiang, China
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Shuping Pang
Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101 China
Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, 266101 China
Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, 266101 China
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Xin Guo
State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023 China
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In passivating perovskite defects it is shown that the F group can interact with the passivation groups of the additives, leading to different abilities to passivate defects rather than only introducing additional interactions between F and Pb2+ as previously thought. The efficiencies of perovskite solar cells and modules made with the fluorinated passivators reach 24.70 % (0.09 cm2) and 21.13 % (14.0 cm2), respectively, with long-term stability.
Abstract
Introducing fluorine (F) groups into a passivator plays an important role in enhancing the defect passivation effect for the perovskite film, which is usually attributed to the direct interaction of F and defect states. However, the interaction between electronegative F and electron-rich passivation groups in the same molecule, which may influence the passivation effect, is ignored. We herein report that such interactions can vary the electron cloud distribution around the passivation groups and thus changing their coordination with defect sites. By comparing two fluorinated molecules, heptafluorobutylamine (HFBM) and heptafluorobutyric acid (HFBA), we find that the F/−NH2 interaction in HFBM is stronger than the F/−COOH one in HFBA, inducing weaker passivation ability of HFBM than HFBA. Accordingly, HFBA-based perovskite solar cells (PSCs) provide an efficiency of 24.70 % with excellent long-term stability. Moreover, the efficiency of a large-area perovskite module (14.0 cm2) based on HFBA reaches 21.13 %. Our work offers an insight into understanding an unaware role of the F group in impacting the passivation effect for the perovskite film.
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