Engineering

Metallurgy

Materials science

Chelation

Layer (electronics)

Dithiocarbamate

Perovskite (structure)

Inorganic chemistry

Chemical engineering

Nanotechnology

Chemistry

Energy conversion efficiency

Optoelectronics

Halide

Passivation

Nature Communications

Surface engineering has been shown critical for the success of perovskite solar cells by passivating the surface enriched defects and mobile species. The discovery of surface modulators with superior interaction strength to perovskite is of paramount importance since they can retain reliable passivation under various environments. Here, we report a chelation strategy for surface engineering of CsPbI 2 Br perovskite, in which dithiocarbamate molecules can be coordinate to surface Pb sites via strong bidentate chelating bonding. Such chelated CsPbI 2 Br perovskite can realize excellent passivation of surface under-coordinated defects, reaching a champion power conversion efficiency of 17.03% and an open-circuit voltage of 1.37 V of CsPbI 2 Br solar cells. More importantly, our chelation strategy enabled excellent device stability by maintaining 98% of their initial efficiency for over 1400 h in ambient condition. Our findings provide scientific insights on the surface engineering of perovskite that can facilitate the further development and application of perovskite optoelectronics.

Surface chelation of cesium halide perovskite by dithiocarbamate for efficient and stable solar cells