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The use of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) with anchoring groups was considered as an effective approach for interface engineering in perovskite solar cells with metal oxide charge transporting layers. However, the coating of SAM layers in PSMs by means of a slot-die is a challenging process due to the low viscosity of the solutions and the low wettability of the films. In this study, we integrate a triphenylamine-based polymer, pTPA-TDP, blended with SAM based on 5-[4-[4-(diphenylamino) phenyl] thiophene-2-carboxylic acid (TPATC), to address the challenges of uniform slot-die coating and interface passivation in large-area modules. We fabricated p-i-n oriented PSMs on 50x50 mm2 substrates (12-sub-cells) with NiO hole transport layer (HTL) and organic interlayers for surface modification. Wetting angle mapping demonstrated that ununiform regions of the slot-die coated SAM have hydrophobicity with contact angle values up to 90{\deg}, causing fluctuations in absorber thickness and the presence of macro-defects at buried interfaces. The incorporation of the blended interlayer to NiO/perovskite junction homogenized the surface wettability (contact angle=40{\deg}) and mitigated lattice strain in the absorber. This enabled the effective use of SAM properties on a large-area surface, improving energy level alignment and enhancing the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the modules from 13.98% to 15.83% and stability (ISOS-L-2, T80 period) from 500-1000 hours to 1630 hours. Investigation of PSMs upon cooling till -5 {\deg}C showed that the PCE increased by +0.19%/{\deg}C for samples with NiO HTL, while using SAM and blended interlayers raised the coefficient to ~0.40%/{\deg}C due to changes in activation energy and trap contributions to device performance across a wide temperature range.

A novel triphenylamine-based hole transport material (HTM) with a carboxyl anchoring group (TPATC) was developed for tuning the interface between nanocrystalline NiO and double cation CsCH3(NH2)2PbI3-xClx absorber in p-i-n device architectures. We present a unique comprehensive confinement study of PSCs with TPATC as the self-assembled HTM, including analysis of numerical defect parameters, phase composition evolution, and up-scaling capabilities. Our investigation shows that the ultrathin TPATC interlayer effectively passivates traps, increases work-function of HTL by about ~0.2 eV, and enhances the charge carrier extraction efficiency. Advanced transient spectroscopy measurements revealed that modification of the NiO surface with TPATC in perovskite solar cells (PSCs) reduces the concentration of ionic defects by an order of magnitude. Interface engineering with TPATC allowed to reach power conversion efficiency of 20.58% for small area devices (0.15 cm2) under standard AM 1.5 G conditions. Using TPATC interlayer also provided stabilized performance of PSCs under operation conditions and improved sustainability of the perovskite absorber to decomposition. After continuous light-soaking (1000 h, ISOS-L-2 protocol), NiO/TPATC devices showed a slight decrease of 2% in maximum power. In contrast, NiO PSCs demonstrated decrease in power output (>20%) after 400 h. We explored the potential of TPATC to modify interfaces in large-area perovskite solar modules (PSM, active area-64.8 cm2, 12 sub-cells). By applying slot-die-coated TPATC, the PCE at AM 1.5 G conditions increased from 13.22% for NiO PSM to 15.64% for NiO/TPATC ones. This study provides new insights into the interface engineering for p-i-n perovskite solar cells, behavior of the ionic defects and their contribution to the long-term stability.