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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Enhanced Efficiency and Mechanical Stability in Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells via Phenethylammonium Iodide Surface Passivation.

Ibtisam S Almalki, Tamader H Alenazi, Lina A Mansouri, Zainab H Al Mubarak, Zainab T Al Nahab, Sultan M Alenzi, Yahya A Alzahrani, Ghazal S Yafi, Abdulmajeed Almutairi, Abdurhman Aldukhail and 10 more

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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20 authors.

Ibtisam S AlmalkiFuture Energy Technologies Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Tamader H AlenaziDepartment of Physics, College of Science and Humanities, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Jubail 35811, Saudi Arabia.
Lina A MansouriDepartment of Physics, College of Science and Humanities, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Jubail 35811, Saudi Arabia.
Zainab H Al MubarakDepartment of Physics, College of Science and Humanities, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Jubail 35811, Saudi Arabia.
Zainab T Al NahabDepartment of Physics, College of Science and Humanities, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Jubail 35811, Saudi Arabia.
Sultan M AlenziFuture Energy Technologies Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Yahya A AlzahraniFuture Energy Technologies Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Ghazal S YafiDepartment of Chemistry, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulmajeed AlmutairiQuantum Technologies & Advanced Computing Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Abdurhman AldukhailFuture Energy Technologies Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Bader AlharthiFuture Energy Technologies Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulaziz AljuwayrFuture Energy Technologies Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Faisal S AlghannamFuture Energy Technologies Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Anas A AlmuqhimFuture Energy Technologies Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Huda AlkhaldiDepartment of Physics, College of Science and Humanities, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Jubail 35811, Saudi Arabia.
Fawziah AlhajriDepartment of Physics, College of Science and Humanities, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Jubail 35811, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-7080-2947
Nouf K Al-SaleemDepartment of Physics, College of Science and Humanities, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Jubail 35811, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-3260-6130
Masfer AlkahtaniFuture Energy Technologies Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Anwar Q AlanaziFuture Energy Technologies Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Masaud AlmalkiFuture Energy Technologies Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-3238-8866

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Flexible perovskite solar cells (FPSCs) hold great promise for lightweight and wearable photovoltaics, but improving their efficiency and durability under mechanical stress remains a key challenge. In this work, we fabricate and characterize flexible planar FPSCs on a polyethylene terephthalate (PET). A phenethylammonium iodide (PEAI) surface passivation layer is introduced on the perovskite to form a two-dimensional capping layer, and its impact on device performance and stability is systematically studied. The champion PEAI-passivated flexible device achieves a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of ~16-17%, compared to ~14% for the control device without PEAI. The improvement is primarily due to an increased open-circuit voltage and fill factor, reflecting effective surface defect passivation and improved charge carrier dynamics. Importantly, mechanical bending tests demonstrate robust flexibility: the PEAI-passivated cells retain ~85-90% of their initial efficiency after 700 bending cycles (radius ~5 mm), significantly higher than the ~70% retention of unpassivated cells. This work showcases that integrating a PEAI surface treatment with optimized electron (SnO

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flexible perovskite solar cells (FPSCs)mechanical durabilityphenethylammonium iodide (PEAI)polyethylene terephthalate (PET)power conversion efficiency (PCE)surface passivation

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PMCPMC12299172

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