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Terephthalic acid-driven organic–inorganic perovskite solar cells with enhanced humidity stability

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Although hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have great potential in the field of photovoltaic, they undergo moisture-induced instability. Herein, we add the terephthalic acid (TPA) to lead iodide (PbI2) solution via two-step solution method to control the crystallization kinetics. It is found that adding of TPA led to decrease of grain boundaries and increase of grain size, both of which suppress charge recombination of active layers. Consequently, the PSC with TPA has a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 17.07%, and could retain 85% of initial PCE when stored for 300 h at a relative humidity of 30%. The results indicate that the presence of TPA in perovskite film can greatly improve the performance of PSCs as well as its moisture stability.

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This work was financially supported by the Fund for Shanxi “1331 Project” Key Innovative Research Team, Shanxi Scholarship Council of China (2022-183) the National Science Foundation of Shanxi Province, China (Grant No.202203021222414), and the Higher Education Science and Technology Innovation Program of Shanxi Province, China (Grant No.2022L584).

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Materials preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by LS, JP. The first draft of the manuscript was written by LS. Investigation, writing review and editing were conducted by LS. Methodology, supervision, resources, funding acquisition, project administration were provided by LS and JP. All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Su, L., Pan, J., An, Y. et al. Terephthalic acid-driven organic–inorganic perovskite solar cells with enhanced humidity stability. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 1460 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-10886-w

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