Scalable slot-die coating of high performance perovskite solar cells

Whitaker, James B.; Kim, Dong Hoe; Larson, Bryon W.; Zhang, Fei; Berry, Joseph J.; van Hest, Maikel F. A. M.; Zhu, Kai

doi:10.1039/C8SE00368H

Scalable slot-die coating of high performance perovskite solar cells

Journal Article · Fri Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Sustainable Energy & Fuels

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SE00368H· OSTI ID:1468738

Whitaker, James B. ^[1]; Kim, Dong Hoe ^[1]; Larson, Bryon W. ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[1]; van Hest, Maikel F. A. M. ^[1]; ^[1]

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

Perovskite based photovoltaic devices hold the promise to greatly reduce the cost of solar energy production; however, this potential depends greatly on the ability to deposit perovskite active layers using large scale deposition methods such as slot-die coating without sacrificing efficiency. Using a perovskite precursor ink with long wet-film processing window, we demonstrate efficient perovskite solar cells based on slot-die coated perovskite layer. We found almost no difference in the photophysical and structural details of perovskite films that were deposited by spin coating to films deposited by slot-die coating. Furthermore, we explored various slot-die coating parameters to determine their effect on the performance of the device metrics. In addition to slot-die coating, we demonstrate the versatility of this wide wet-film processing window by fabricating perovskite solar cells with active layers deposited by spin coating, blade coating, and spray coating that all exhibited similar performance.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1468738

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1464568

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5900-71764

Journal Information:: Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Journal Name: Sustainable Energy & Fuels Vol. 2; ISSN SEFUA7; ISSN 2398-4902

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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