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Perovskite solar cells with 18.21% efficiency and area over 1 cm2 fabricated by heterojunction engineering

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  • Yongzhen Wu

    (Photovoltaic Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science)

  • Xudong Yang

    (State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

  • Wei Chen

    (Photovoltaic Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science)

  • Youfeng Yue

    (Photovoltaic Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science)

  • Molang Cai

    (Photovoltaic Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science)

  • Fengxian Xie

    (Photovoltaic Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science)

  • Enbing Bi

    (State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

  • Ashraful Islam

    (Photovoltaic Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science)

  • Liyuan Han

    (Photovoltaic Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science
    State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

Abstract

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are promising low-cost photovoltaic technologies with high solar-to-electric power conversion efficiency (PCE). The heterojunction structure between perovskite and charge extraction layers is crucial to the photovoltaic performance of PSCs. Here, we report efficient inverted-structured PSCs with a perovskite–fullerene graded heterojunction (GHJ), in which the electron-accepting material is distributed in the perovskite layer with a gradient. This structure can enhance the PCE as it improves the photoelectron collection and reduces recombination loss, especially for the formamidinium cation-based perovskite. The conformal fullerene coating on perovskite during the GHJ deposition achieves a full coverage with reduced layer thickness, thus minimizing the resistive loss in larger sized devices. Our strategy enables the fabrication of centimetre-scale PSCs showing high efficiency with small hysteresis and good stability. A PCE of 18.21% was certified by an independent institution for cells with an aperture area of 1.022 cm2.

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  • Yongzhen Wu & Xudong Yang & Wei Chen & Youfeng Yue & Molang Cai & Fengxian Xie & Enbing Bi & Ashraful Islam & Liyuan Han, 2016. "Perovskite solar cells with 18.21% efficiency and area over 1 cm2 fabricated by heterojunction engineering," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 1(11), pages 1-7, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natene:v:1:y:2016:i:11:d:10.1038_nenergy.2016.148
    DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2016.148
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