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The first demonstration of entirely roll-to-roll fabricated perovskite solar cell modules under ambient room conditions

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  • Hasitha C. Weerasinghe

    (Flexible Electronics Laboratory, CSIRO Manufacturing)

  • Nasiruddin Macadam

    (University of Cambridge)

  • Jueng-Eun Kim

    (Flexible Electronics Laboratory, CSIRO Manufacturing
    Monash University)

  • Luke J. Sutherland

    (Flexible Electronics Laboratory, CSIRO Manufacturing
    Monash University)

  • Dechan Angmo

    (Flexible Electronics Laboratory, CSIRO Manufacturing)

  • Leonard W. T. Ng

    (Flexible Electronics Laboratory, CSIRO Manufacturing
    University of Cambridge
    Nanyang Technological University (NTU))

  • Andrew D. Scully

    (Flexible Electronics Laboratory, CSIRO Manufacturing)

  • Fiona Glenn

    (Flexible Electronics Laboratory, CSIRO Manufacturing)

  • Regine Chantler

    (Flexible Electronics Laboratory, CSIRO Manufacturing)

  • Nathan L. Chang

    (University of New South Wales)

  • Mohammad Dehghanimadvar

    (University of New South Wales)

  • Lei Shi

    (University of New South Wales
    Foshan Xianhu Laboratory of the Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory)

  • Anita W. Y. Ho-Baillie

    (University of New South Wales
    The University of Sydney)

  • Renate Egan

    (University of New South Wales)

  • Anthony S. R. Chesman

    (Flexible Electronics Laboratory, CSIRO Manufacturing)

  • Mei Gao

    (Flexible Electronics Laboratory, CSIRO Manufacturing)

  • Jacek J. Jasieniak

    (Monash University)

  • Tawfique Hasan

    (University of Cambridge)

  • Doojin Vak

    (Flexible Electronics Laboratory, CSIRO Manufacturing)

Abstract

The rapid development of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells has resulted in laboratory-scale devices having power conversion efficiencies that are competitive with commercialised technologies. However, hybrid perovskite solar cells are yet to make an impact beyond the research community, with translation to large-area devices fabricated by industry-relevant manufacturing methods remaining a critical challenge. Here we report the first demonstration of hybrid perovskite solar cell modules, comprising serially-interconnected cells, produced entirely using industrial roll-to-roll printing tools under ambient room conditions. As part of this development, costly vacuum-deposited metal electrodes are replaced with printed carbon electrodes. A high-throughput experiment involving the analysis of batches of 1600 cells produced using 20 parameter combinations enabled rapid optimisation over a large parameter space. The optimised roll-to-roll fabricated hybrid perovskite solar cells show power conversion efficiencies of up to 15.5% for individual small-area cells and 11.0% for serially-interconnected cells in large-area modules. Based on the devices produced in this work, a cost of ~0.7 USD W−1 is predicted for a production rate of 1,000,000 m² per year in Australia, with potential for further significant cost reductions.

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  • Hasitha C. Weerasinghe & Nasiruddin Macadam & Jueng-Eun Kim & Luke J. Sutherland & Dechan Angmo & Leonard W. T. Ng & Andrew D. Scully & Fiona Glenn & Regine Chantler & Nathan L. Chang & Mohammad Dehgh, 2024. "The first demonstration of entirely roll-to-roll fabricated perovskite solar cell modules under ambient room conditions," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-12, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-46016-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46016-1
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