Antisolvent seeding of self-assembled monolayers for flexible monolithic perovskite/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 tandem solar cells

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Nature Energy Pub Date : 2025-04-18 DOI:10.1038/s41560-025-01760-6

Zhiqin Ying, Shiqian Su, Xin Li, Guoxin Chen, Chongyan Lian, Dikai Lu, Meili Zhang, Xuchao Guo, Hao Tian, Yihan Sun, Linhui Liu, Chuanxiao Xiao, Yuheng Zeng, Chao Zhang, Xi Yang, Jichun Ye

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Flexible perovskite/copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) tandem solar cells hold great promise for lightweight, high-efficiency applications, yet achieving high-quality perovskite top cells on the rough surfaces of flexible CIGS bottom cells remains challenging. Accordingly, we developed an antisolvent-seeding strategy that decouples self-assembly monolayers (SAMs) adsorption from dissolution, while integrating perovskite seeding. A high-polarity solvent prevents SAMs clustering during dissolution, while a low-polarity antisolvent promotes high-density SAMs formation during adsorption. Additionally, a pre-mixed seed layer further improves perovskite wettability, crystallinity and adhesion. These advancements enable the fabrication of a 1.09-cm² flexible monolithic perovskite/CIGS tandem with a stabilized efficiency of 24.6% (certified 23.8%), comparable to the best-performing rigid perovskite/CIGS tandems and representing one of the highest efficiencies among flexible thin-film solar cells. The flexible devices also demonstrate excellent durability, retaining over 90% of initial performance after 320 h of operation and 3,000 bending cycles at a 1-cm radius.

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