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Compositional engineering of organic-inorganic metal halide perovskite allows for improved optoelectrical properties, however, phase segregation occurs during crystal nucleation and limits perovskite solar cell device performance. Herein, we show that by applying tetrabutylammonium bistriflimide as an additive in the perovskite precursor solution, ultra-uniform perovskite crystals are obtained, which effectively increases device performance. As a result, power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of 24.5% in a cell and 21.2% in a module are achieved, together with high stability under illumination, humidity and elevated thermal conditions., Competing Interests: There are no conflicts to declare., (This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry.)

A high-purity methylammonium lead iodide complex with intercalated dimethylformamide (DMF) molecules, CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 ⋅DMF, is introduced as an effective precursor material for fabricating high-quality solution-processed perovskite layers. Spin-coated films of the solvent-intercalated complex dissolved in pure dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) yielded thick, dense perovskite layers after thermal annealing. The low volatility of the pure DMSO solvent extended the allowable time for low-speed spin programs and considerably relaxed the precision needed for the antisolvent addition step. An optimized, reliable fabrication method was devised to take advantage of this extended process window and resulted in highly consistent performance of perovskite solar cell devices, with up to 19.8 % power-conversion efficiency (PCE). The optimized method was also used to fabricate a 22.0 cm 2 , eight-cell module with 14.2 % PCE (active area) and 8.64 V output (1.08 V/cell)., (© 2019 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.)