Violet/ultraviolet light-induced depassivation in halide perovskite solar cells.

ABSTRACT: Ammonium-terminated ligands, used directly or in the form of two-dimensional perovskites, are leading defect-passivating agents for halide perovskites and have significantly contributed to achieving the highest efficiencies across diverse perovskite solar cells. However, even these state-of-the-art perovskite solar cells suffer from rapid degradation during operation, raising concerns over the durability of the passivation. In this work, we unveil a mechanism of violet/ultraviolet light-induced depassivation that universally affects ammonium ligands. Exposure to violet/ultraviolet light triggers a charge-carrier transition from ammonium-terminated ligands to the halide perovskite framework, leading to the deprotonation of the ammonium group. This deprotonation disrupts the ammonium-perovsk

SUBMITTER: Yu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12739151 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature