Dual‐Doping Strategy of Metal Chlorides in Ambient Air with High Humidity for Achieving Highly Air‐Stable All‐Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells

Abstract

It is fundamentally challenging to achieve stable and efficient all‐inorganic perovskite solar cells (PSCs) in ambient air conditions for low‐cost commercial manufacturing, as the crystallinity, surface morphology and optical activity of all‐inorganic perovskites exhibit high sensitivity to environmental factors such as moisture and illumination. In this study, we present a dual‐doping strategy to prepare high‐quality dual‐doping CsPbI2Br films under ambient air with high humidity (RH=70%) by introducing CaCl2 and InCl3 additives into precursor solution. The results from the experiments and calculations reveal that the CaCl2 additive could isolate moisture by forming hydrates at the surface and grain boundary of perovskites. Meanwhile, the addition of InCl3 could significantly improve the optoelectronic properties via the heterovalent substitution of Pb2+ by a small amount of In3+. Moreover, the phase segregation could be significantly suppressed in the dual‐doping CsPbI2Br films owing to decreasing the electron‐phonon coupling strength and increasing the activation energy of ion migration. The unencapsulated dual‐doping CsPbI2Br PSC with the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 15.51% (RH=70%) demonstrates high humidity storage and long‐term optical stability, remaining 90% of the original PCE after aging 2400 hours under ambient air (RH=50%) and 1500 hours under continuous illumination, respectively.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.