High-Performance Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells on Ultrathin Glass: Implications of the TCO

Dou, Benjia; Miller, Elisa M.; Christians, Jeffrey A.; Sanehira, Erin M.; Klein, Talysa R.; Barnes, Frank S.; Shaheen, Sean E.; Garner, Sean M.; Ghosh, Shuvaraj; Mallick, Arindam; Basak, Durga; van Hest, Maikel F.  A.  M.

doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b02128

High-Performance Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells on Ultrathin Glass: Implications of the TCO

Journal Article · Wed Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b02128· OSTI ID:1399083

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National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Dept. of Electrical Computer and Energy Engineering
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Dept. of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Dept. of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Inst.
Corning Research and Development Corporation, NY (United States)
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata (India). Solid State Physics Dept.

For halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) to fulfill their vast potential for combining low-cost, high efficiency, and high throughput production they must be scaled using a truly transformative method, such as roll-to-roll processing. Bringing this reality closer to fruition, the present work demonstrates flexible perovskite solar cells with 18.1% power conversion efficiency on flexible Willow Glass substrates. Here, we highlight the importance of the transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layers on device performance by studying various TCOs. And while tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) and indium zinc oxide (IZO) based PSC devices demonstrate high photovoltaic performances, aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) based devices underperformed in all device parameters. Analysis of X-ray photoemission spectroscopy data shows that the stoichiometry of the perovskite film surface changes dramatically when it is fabricated on AZO, demonstrating the importance of the substrate in perovskite film formation.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1399083

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA--5K00-70129

Journal Information:: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters Journal Issue: 19 Vol. 8; ISSN 1948-7185

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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