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Multimodal host–guest complexation for efficient and stable perovskite photovoltaics

Zhang, Hong  
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Eickemeyer, Felix Thomas  
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Zhou, Zhiwen
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June 7, 2021
Nature Communications

Formamidinium lead iodide perovskites are promising light-harvesting materials, yet stabilizing them under operating conditions without compromising optimal optoelectronic properties remains challenging. We report a multimodal host–guest complexation strategy to overcome this challenge using a crown ether, dibenzo-21-crown-7, which acts as a vehicle that assembles at the interface and delivers Cs+ ions into the interior while modulating the material. This provides a local gradient of doping at the nanoscale that assists in photoinduced charge separation while passivating surface and bulk defects, stabilizing the perovskite phase through a synergistic effect of the host, guest, and host–guest complex. The resulting solar cells show power conversion efficiencies exceeding 24% and enhanced operational stability, maintaining over 95% of their performance without encapsulation for 500 h under continuous operation. Moreover, the host contributes to binding lead ions, reducing their environmental impact. This supramolecular strategy illustrates the broad implications of host–guest chemistry in photovoltaics.

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DOI
10.1038/s41467-021-23566-2
Author(s)
Zhang, Hong  
Eickemeyer, Felix Thomas  
Zhou, Zhiwen
Mladenović, Marko  
Jahanbakhshi, Farzaneh  
Merten, Lena
Hinderhofer, Alexander
Hope, Michael A.  
Ouellette, Olivier  
Mishra, Aditya  
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Date Issued

2021-06-07

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Nature Research

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Nature Communications
Volume

12

Issue

1

Article Number

3383

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REVIEWED

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200020_178860

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