Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Modules by Scalable Fabrication and Interconnection Optimization

Yang, Mengjin; Kim, Dong Hoe; Klein, Talysa R.; Li, Zhen; Reese, Matthew O.; Tremolet de Villers, Bertrand J.; Berry, Joseph J.; van Hest, Maikel F.  A.  M.; Zhu, Kai

doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01221

Title: Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Modules by Scalable Fabrication and Interconnection Optimization

Journal Article · Tue Jan 02 00:00:00 EST 2018 · ACS Energy Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01221· OSTI ID:1419411

Yang, Mengjin ^[1]; Kim, Dong Hoe ^[1]; Klein, Talysa R. ^[1]; Li, Zhen ^[1]; Reese, Matthew O. ^[1]; Tremolet de Villers, Bertrand J. ^[1]; Berry, Joseph J. ^[1]; van Hest, Maikel F. A. M. ^[1];

^[1]

National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

To push perovskite solar cell (PSC) technology toward practical applications, large-area perovskite solar modules with multiple subcells need to be developed by fully scalable deposition approaches. Here, we demonstrate a deposition scheme for perovskite module fabrication with spray coating of a TiO2 electron transport layer (ETL) and blade coating of both a perovskite absorber layer and a spiro-OMeTAD-based hole transport layer (HTL). The TiO2 ETL remaining in the interconnection between subcells significantly affects the module performance. Reducing the TiO2 thickness changes the interconnection contact from a Schottky diode to ohmic behavior. Owing to interconnection resistance reduction, the perovskite modules with a 10 nm TiO2 layer show enhanced performance mainly associated with an improved fill factor. Finally, we demonstrate a four-cell MA0.7FA0.3PbI3 perovskite module with a stabilized power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 15.6% measured from an aperture area of ~10.36 cm2, corresponding to an active-area module PCE of 17.9% with a geometric fill factor of ~87.3%.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1419411

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5900-70289

Journal Information:: ACS Energy Letters, Vol. 3, Issue 2; ISSN 2380-8195

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