Ag Electrode Anticorrosion in Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

• Published in: Advanced functional materials Vol. 34; no. 1
• Main Authors: Liu, Acan, Li, Xiaodong, Zhang, Wenxiao, Yang, Hui, Guo, Xuemin, Lu, Chunyan, Yuan, Haobo, Ou‐Yang, Wei, Fang, Junfeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2024
• Subjects: 2‐mercaptobenzothiazole; Ag electrodes; anticorrosion; Chemical reactions; Corrosion currents; Corrosion inhibitors; Corrosion potential; Corrosion prevention; Efficiency; Electrodes; Glove boxes; inverted perovskite solar cells; Mercaptobenzothiazole; Perovskites; Photovoltaic cells; Silver; Solar cells; stability; Thermal stability
• ISSN: 1616-301X; 1616-3028
• DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202307310

Ag electrode is widely used in inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs), but its easy reaction and corrosive nature with perovskite always induces severe stability issue. Here, from typical theory of metal anticorrosion, a chemical anticorrosion approach for Ag electrode in inverted PSCs through introducing 2‐mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT) as a corrosion inhibitor is reported. MBT can strongly bond to Ag and form a compact [MBT‐Ag] chain on Ag surface owing to its N atom in thiazolyl ring and exocyclic thiol groups. As a result, Ag anticorrosion ability is greatly enhanced by increasing the corrosion potential and decreasing the corrosion current, thus effectively inhibiting possible chemical reaction and corrosion between perovskite and Ag electrodes. PSCs containing MBT/Ag exhibit high efficiency of over 23% with good stability, retaining 95 ± 4.1% of initial efficiency after storage for 3800 h in glovebox. Importantly, resulting PSCs also show excellent thermal stability, maintaining 90 ± 1.8% of initial efficiency after aging for 900 h at 85 °C. A chemical anticorrosion strategy is proposed to inhibit Ag electrode corrosion in inverted perovskite solar cells through introducing 2‐mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT) inhibitor. MBT can bond on Ag surface to inhibit Ag corrosion. Resulting devices exhibit >23% efficiency with good stability, retaining >90% of initial efficiency whether after N2 storage for 3800 h or 85 °C aging for 900 h.