Strontium Chloride Passivated Perovskite Thin Films for Efficient Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiency over 21% and Superior Stability.

Industrialization of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is constrained by adverse stability in the air. Herein, we report an effective strontium chloride (SrCl2) passivation upon the HC(NH2)2-CH3NH3 (FA-MA) based perovskite thin films for the suppression of non-radiative recombination. Moreover, the recombination dynamics, crystallinity, carrier transport, morphology and the elemental stoichiometry of this film were systematically studied. By optimizing the concentration of SrCl2, the corresponding devices exhibited an increased open-circuit voltage (1.00 V vs 1.09 V), in consistent with the enhanced photoluminescence lifetime. The champion passivated device showed a ascendant power conversion efficiency (PCE) about 21.11% , with over 90% retention of the primal PCE in dry air after 1000 h aging with 20% ~ 30% humidity. A superior stability and an accelerated eletron/hole extraction ability were futher observed by time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) spectroscopy.