Proceedings of Asia-Pacific International Conference on Perovskite, Organic Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics (IPEROP27)
Publication date: 22nd October 2026
The efficiency and stability of halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are sensitively altered by the chemical modification of junction interfaces. MXene, as a physically robust and conductive nanosheet, can replace organic charge transport materials. MXene modifying the surface of NiOx layer serves as an inorganic and thermally stable hole transport layer (HTL). A p-i-n type PSC composed of ITO/NiOx/MXene/SAM/Cs0.05MA0.15FA0.8PbI3/C60/BCP/Ag achieves power conversion efficiency 26.2% (certified) showing high operational stability at 85℃ and under 1 SUN light exposure (unencapsulated, >2000 h)[1]. As an extension of this study, boron-intercalated MXene was prepared as a standalone hole-selective layer, free from combination with NiOx. This MXene-based PSCs also shows durable stability under exposure to high humidity (60% RH) showing 90% retention for 2100 h [2]. Moisture-resistant PSCs can also be designed by using dopant-free hydrophobic organic HTL. Our n-i-p type device with a unique doner-accepter triazine derivative as dopant-free HTL shows operational stability over 2500 h in ambient air [3]. SAMs acting as interfacial modifiers form charge-selective junction interfaces without the use of electron transport layer (ETL) and HTL. A device in which interfaces of perovskite absorber are fully functionalized with SAMs [4] exhibited high durability, free from degradation caused by transport materials. Research progresses on improving device durability through interfacial molecular engineering will be introduced.
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