2D metal–organic framework for stable perovskite solar cells with minimized lead leakage

Shengfan WU; Zhen LI; Mu Qing LI; Yingxue DIAO; Francis LIN; Tiantian LIU; Jie ZHANG; Peter TIEU; Wenpei GAO; Feng QI; Xiaoqing PAN; Zhengtao XU; Zonglong ZHU; Alex K.Y. JEN

doi:10.1038/s41565-020-0765-7

2D metal–organic framework for stable perovskite solar cells with minimized lead leakage

Shengfan WU, Zhen LI, Mu Qing LI, Yingxue DIAO, Francis LIN, Tiantian LIU, Jie ZHANG, Peter TIEU, Wenpei GAO, Feng QI, Xiaoqing PAN, Zhengtao XU^*, Zonglong ZHU^*, Alex K.Y. JEN^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Despite the notable progress in perovskite solar cells, maintaining long-term operational stability and minimizing potentially leaked lead (Pb²⁺) ions are two challenges that are yet to be resolved. Here we address these issues using a thiol-functionalized 2D conjugated metal–organic framework as an electron-extraction layer at the perovskite/cathode interface. The resultant devices exhibit high power conversion efficiency (22.02%) along with a substantially improved long-term operational stability. The perovskite solar cell modified with a metal–organic framework could retain more than 90% of its initial efficiency under accelerated testing conditions, that is continuous light irradiation at maximum power point tracking for 1,000 h at 85 °C. More importantly, the functionalized metal–organic framework could capture most of the Pb²⁺ leaked from the degraded perovskite solar cells by forming water-insoluble solids. Therefore, this method that simultaneously tackles the operational stability and lead contamination issues in perovskite solar cells could greatly improve the feasibility of large-scale deployment of perovskite photovoltaic technology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	934-940
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nature Nanotechnology
Volume	15
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-020-0765-7
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2020
Externally published	Yes

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The work was supported by the APRC Grant of the City University of Hong Kong (9380086, 9610421), an ECS grant from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (21301319) and Innovation and Technology Support Programme (ITS/497/18FP, GHP/021/18SZ), the Guangdong Major Project of Basic and Applied Basic Research (no. 2019B030302007) and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory of Optoelectronic and Magnetic Functional Materials (no. 2019B121205002). TEM work was conducted using the facilities in the Irvine Materials Research Institute (IMRI) at the University of California-Irvine and supported by the NSF under grants (CBET-1159240 and DMR-1506535). This work was also supported by an ARG grant (Project 9667168) from the City University of Hong Kong.

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