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Perovskite ink with wide processing window for scalable high-efficiency solar cells

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  • Mengjin Yang

    (Chemistry and Nanoscience Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

  • Zhen Li

    (Chemistry and Nanoscience Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

  • Matthew O. Reese

    (Material Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

  • Obadiah G. Reid

    (Chemistry and Nanoscience Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

  • Dong Hoe Kim

    (Chemistry and Nanoscience Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

  • Sebastian Siol

    (Material Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

  • Talysa R. Klein

    (Material Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

  • Yanfa Yan

    (The University of Toledo)

  • Joseph J. Berry

    (Material Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

  • Maikel F. A. M. van Hest

    (Material Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

  • Kai Zhu

    (Chemistry and Nanoscience Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

Abstract

Perovskite solar cells have made tremendous progress using laboratory-scale spin-coating methods in the past few years owing to advances in controls of perovskite film deposition. However, devices made via scalable methods are still lagging behind state-of-the-art spin-coated devices because of the complicated nature of perovskite crystallization from a precursor state. Here we demonstrate a chlorine-containing methylammonium lead iodide precursor formulation along with solvent tuning to enable a wide precursor-processing window (up to ∼8 min) and a rapid grain growth rate (as short as ∼1 min). Coupled with antisolvent extraction, this precursor ink delivers high-quality perovskite films with large-scale uniformity. The ink can be used by both spin-coating and blade-coating methods with indistinguishable film morphology and device performance. Using a blade-coated absorber, devices with 0.12-cm2 and 1.2-cm2 areas yield average efficiencies of 18.55% and 17.33%, respectively. We further demonstrate a 12.6-cm2 four-cell module (88% geometric fill factor) with 13.3% stabilized active-area efficiency output.

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  • Mengjin Yang & Zhen Li & Matthew O. Reese & Obadiah G. Reid & Dong Hoe Kim & Sebastian Siol & Talysa R. Klein & Yanfa Yan & Joseph J. Berry & Maikel F. A. M. van Hest & Kai Zhu, 2017. "Perovskite ink with wide processing window for scalable high-efficiency solar cells," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 2(5), pages 1-9, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natene:v:2:y:2017:i:5:d:10.1038_nenergy.2017.38
    DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2017.38
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    1. Zhang, Jingyi & Chang, Nathan & Fagerholm, Cara & Qiu, Ming & Shuai, Ling & Egan, Renate & Yuan, Chris, 2022. "Techno-economic and environmental sustainability of industrial-scale productions of perovskite solar cells," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 158(C).
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