Simultaneously enhanced moisture tolerance and defect passivation of perovskite solar cells with cross-linked grain encapsulation

The grain surfaces(film surface and grain boundary)of polycrystalline perovskite films are vulnerable sites in solar cells since they pose a high defect density and initiate the degradation of perovskite absorber.Achieving simultaneously defect passivation and grain protection from moisture is crucial for the viability of perovskite solar cells.Here,an in situ cross-linked grain encapsulation(CLGE)strategy that improves both device stability and defect passivation is reported.Cross-linkable semiconducting small molecules are mixed into the antisolvent to uniformly form a compact and conducting cross-linked layer over the grain surfaces.This cross-linked coating layer not only passivates trap states and facilitates hole extraction,but also enhances the device stability by preventing moisture diffusion.Using the CLGE strategy,a high power conversion efficiency(PCE)of 22.7%is obtained in 1.55-eV bandgap planar perovskite solar cells.The unencapsulated devices with CLGE exhibit significantly enhanced device stability again moisture and maintain>90%of their initial PCE after shelf storage under ambient condition for over10,000 h.

Preparation of safe water-lipid mixed electrolytes for application in ion capacitor

Aqueous electrolytes are safe,economic,and environmentally friendly.However,they have a narrow potential window.On the other hand,organic electrolytes exhibit good thermodynamic stability but are inflammable and moisture sensitive.In this study,we prepared water-PEG-lipid ternary electrolytes(TEs).To combine the advantages of water,polyethylene glycol(PEG)and propylene carbonate(PC).The nonflammable mixed electrolytes exhibited a wide potential window of about 2.8 V due to the beneficial effects of PEG and PC.Using these TEs,a lithium manganate-active carbon ion capacitor could be operated at 2.4 V with an energy density of 32 Wh/kg,based on the total active electrode material(current density of 3.3 m A/cm^(2)).This value was significantly higher than that achieved using an aqueous electrolyte,thereby rationalizing the higher energy density.