Functionalizing phenethylammonium by methoxy to achieve low-dimensional interface defects passivation for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

Abstract Low dimensional interface passivation has been proved to be an efficient method to lessen the nonradiative recombination loss in perovskite solar cells. To overcome the limitation of Phenethylammonium (PEA + ) for carrier transport and water molecule intrusion, we developed a modification strategy by functioning the typical PEA + with the 4-methoxy to optimize the interface defects and carrier transport performance, thus maximizing the synchronous improvement of device efficiency and stability. Our results indicate that the 2 mg ml −1 4-methoxy-phenethylammonium (MeO-PEA + ) modified device could achieve a best power conversion efficiency of 19.64% with improved shelf-life stability in ambient conditions. The new passivation molecule of MeO-PEA + could possess the capability of defect passivation, carrier transfer, and moisture blocking, demonstrating that rationally designed organic components for interface passivation could help to achieve efficient and stable PSCs.