Interfacial Passivation for Enhanced Moisture Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells: Ammonium or Sulfonium?

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Abstract

Following the remarkable advances in the performance of metal halide perovskite solar cells, recent research efforts have focused more on enhancing their long-term stability. Among the various factors that impact the device's lifetime, humidity-driven degradation plays an important role and can significantly lower the device performance within hours. It is generally considered that humidity-induced degradation proceeds via the formation of hydrogen bonds between the water molecules and the nitrogen atoms in widely used ammonium-based organic cations like methylammonium (MA) and formamidinium (FA). To mitigate this process, it has been suggested that an interfacial passivation using sulfonium – rather than the ubiquitously used ammonium – cations may enhance the device stability against moisture. This work explores the impact of a dual interfacial modification by sulfonium- and sulfoxonium-based cations versus two commonly used ammonium-based ones. By examining the interfaces using optical spectroscopy and electron microscopy and evaluating the performance and stability of the devices, it is demonstrated that sulfonium- and sulfoxonium-based cations do not offer a significant advantage over ammonium-based cations, with the latter leading to enhanced stability only in certain cases.

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer2400956
FachzeitschriftAdvanced materials interfaces
Jahrgang12
Ausgabenummer14
Frühes Online-Datum28 Apr. 2025
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 25 Juli 2025
Peer-Review-StatusJa

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ORCID /0000-0001-8423-6173/work/186180805

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Schlagwörter

  • butylammonium iodide, interfacial modification, metal halide perovskite, moisture stability, phenethylammonium iodide, trimethylsulfonium iodide, trimethylsulfoxonium iodide