Shows improved efficiency and durability of carbon-based perovskite solar cells, suggesting a new approach to solar technology.
Carbon‐based perovskite solar cells (C‐PSCs) offer a low‐cost, stable alternative to metal electrodes; however, the high porosity of carbon electrodes leads to poor interfacial contact and weak mechanical adhesion to the underlying carrier transport layer, limiting device performance and robustness. Here, we report a solvent‐free additive polishing strategy using a synergistic combination of two‐dimensional (2D) graphene nanoplatelets and 3D graphite flakes to densify the hole‐transport‐layer (HTL)/carbon interface by creating conformal van der Waals (vdW) anchors. This graphene/graphite additive polishing process fills micro‐voids on the porous carbon electrode surface, reduces carbon electrode surface roughness, and creates a graphene anchor that increases interfacial fracture energy and promotes the carbon surface heating release. Electrically, the polished interface facilitates superior charge extraction, thereby reducing charge‐transfer resistance. Consequently, regular n ‐ i ‐ p perovskite solar devices achieve a promised power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 23.28% (0.09 cm 2 ) and maintain a high PCE of 19.62% at a scalable 1.0 cm 2 area. This work provides a high‐throughput, dry‐processing paradigm for more affordable, robust, and highly efficient carbon‐based perovskite photovoltaics.
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