Experimental study demonstrates UV-induced oxygen desorption enhances stability in printable tin-lead perovskite solar cells, suggesting a scalable pathway for low-cost photovoltaics.
Integrating tin‐lead (Sn‐Pb) perovskites, with their high hole conductivity and ideal bandgap, into fully printable, hole‐conductor‐free mesoscopic perovskite solar cells (p‐MPSCs) using carbon electrodes offers a promising potential toward high‐efficiency, low‐cost photovoltaics. However, the mesoporous TiO 2 (m‐TiO 2 ) electron transport layer within this architecture readily chemisorbs oxygen molecules, generating reactive species that aggressively oxidize Sn 2+ to Sn 4+ and degrade device performance. Herein, we propose a UV‐assisted O 2 desorption strategy to deactivate the m‐TiO 2 surface. Under a nitrogen atmosphere, UV irradiation effectively triggers the desorption of adsorbed oxygen species, resetting the interface to a chemically inert state. Comprehensive electron paramagnetic resonance and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy analyses systematically validate this “surface cleansing” effect. The treatment suppresses Sn 2+ oxidation by surface‐adsorbed oxygen, preserves the Sn‐Pb lattice integrity, suppresses non‐radiative recombination, and optimizes carrier dynamics at the modulated TiO 2 /perovskite interface. Consequently, the devices achieve a champion power conversion efficiency of 10.55%, the first demonstration of Sn‐Pb p‐MPSCs, obviously outperforming control devices (9.38%). Moreover, inhibiting interfacial oxidation yields prolonged storage longevity, with unencapsulated cells retaining 93% of their initial efficiency after 1250 h in the N 2 atmosphere.
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