Organic-inorganic halide perovskite photovoltaic devices have advanced rapidly in recent years, and the photoelectric conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) has exceeded 25%. However, the defects from the crystallization process become nonradiation recombination centers and hinder the performance and the stability of PSCs. Defect passivation by tuning grain size and grain boundary (GB) is an effective strategy to reduce the defects on GBs and film surface. Herein, recent progress in the passivation strategy for perovskite films is summarized, including nonstoichiometric passivation, iodide vacancies filling, dimensional engineering, passivation with crosslink, physical passivation, and other passivation methods. These passivation strategies play an important role in improving the quality of perovskite films, adjusting the energy band structure, reducing the density of defect states, and suppressing the nonradiative recombination of carriers. Finally, this review puts forward the development direction of passivation strategies to further improve the performance of PSCs.
The composition and crystallization process are essential for high-quality perovskite films. Cesium (Cs) and methylammonium chlorine (MACl) were found to affect the crystallization kinetics of perovskite, and the performance and stability of corresponding devices were greatly improved. We adopted an ion exchange method to remove MACl vapor and add Cs to form a multiple-cation-based perovskite film. With the increase of annealing time, Cl − from cesium chloride (CsCl) and MA from methylammonium bromide (MABr) formed gradually MACl vapor, and the porosity of surface morphology improved accordingly. The highly crystallized and compact Cs y MA x − y FA 1 − x PbI 3 − x Br x perovskite film with different compositions was eventually obtained. The effects of the amount of MABr on the property of perovskite films and on the performance of the corresponding perovskite solar cells (PerSCs) were systematically studied. The PerSCs derived from 12 mg of MABr exhibit the best photovoltaic performance with a power conversion efficiency of 21.57% under 1 sun illumination.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.