High-Efficiency CsPbIBr Perovskite Solar Cells with over 83% Fill Factor by Synergistic Effects of a Multifunctional Additive.

All-inorganic CsPbIBr with outstanding thermal stability and excellent photoelectric properties is considered as a promising candidate for photovoltaic applications. However, the efficiency of CsPbIBr perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is still much lower than that of their organic-inorganic hybrid counterparts or CsPbI-based devices. Herein, we obtained an optimized CsPbIBr PSC (0.09 cm) with a champion efficiency of 17.38% and a record fill factor of 83.6% by introducing potassium anthraquinone-1,8-disulfonate (DAD) in the precursor solution. The synergistic effect between the electronegative functional groups and K ions in the DAD structure can not only effectively regulate the crystallization growth process to improve the crystalline quality and stability of photo-active CsPbIBr but also optimize the energy level alignment and passivate the defects to improve the carrier transport properties. The efficiency of the corresponding large-area device (5 cm × 5 cm with an active area of 19.25 cm) reached 13.20%. Moreover, the optimized CsPbIBr PSC exhibited negligible hysteresis and enhanced long-term storage stability as well as thermal stability. Our method produces more stable photo-active CsPbIBr with excellent photoelectric properties for industrial applications or perovskite/silicon tandem cells.