Suppressing Ion Migration by Synergistic Engineering of Anion and Cation toward High-Performance Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules

Ion migration-induced intrinsic instability and large-area fabrication pose a tough challenge for the commercial deployment of perovskite photovoltaics. Herein, an interface heterojunction and metal electrode stabilization strategy is developed by suppressing ion migration via managing lead-based imperfections. After screening a series of cations and nonhalide anions, the ideal organic salt molecule dimethylammonium trifluoroacetate (DMATFA) consisting of dimethylammonium (DMA + ) cation and trifluoroacetate (TFA − ) anion is selected to manipulate the surface of perovskite films. DMA + enables the conversion of active excess and/or unreacted PbI 2 into stable new phase DMAPbI 3 , inhibiting photodecomposition of PbI 2 and ion migration. Meanwhile, TFA − can suppress iodide ion migration through passivating undercoordinated Pb 2+ and/or iodide vacancies. DMA + and TFA − synergistically stabilize the heterojunction interface and silver electrode. The DMATFA-treated inverted perovskite solar cells and modules achieve a maximum efficiency of 25.03% (certified 24.65%, 0.1 cm 2 ) and 20.58% (63.74 cm 2 ), respectively, which is the record efficiency ever reported for the devices based on vacuum flash evaporation technology. The DMATFA modification results in outstanding operational stability, as evidenced by maintaining 91% of its original efficiency after 1520 h of maximum power point continuous tracking.