Bifunctional Dye Molecule in All‐Inorganic CsPbIBr2 Perovskite Solar Cells with Efficiency Exceeding 10%

Abstract

Inorganic lead halide perovskites are attracting increasing attention due to their much better thermal stability than the organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite materials. Thus, the low power conversion efficiency (PCE) is a key issue for the inorganic lead halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs). This is mainly due to their wider bandgap and larger energy loss (Eloss) in the devices. Herein, for solving this issue, a dye molecule‐assisted engineering using the dye of 5,15‐bis(2,6‐dioctoxyphenyl)‐10‐(bis(4‐hexylphenyl)‐amino‐20‐4‐carboxyphenylethynyl)porphyrinato]zinc(II) (YD2‐o‐C8) is demonstrated. Results indicate that this molecule has a bifunctional effect, not only as a co‐sensitization layer for CsPbIBr2 with broader absorption spectrum but also reduces the Eloss by interface passivation. Specifically, the light absorption range of the photoactive layer is broadened from 600 to nearly 680 nm. At the same time, the interfacial charge recombination is highly reduced. After optimizing, the champion PCE is enhanced from 7.02% to 10.13%, and record‐high open‐circuit voltage (VOC) of 1.37 V and short‐circuit currents (JSC) of 12.05 mA cm−2 are achieved. This study opens a simple and efficient way to improve the efficiency of inorganic PSCs.