Roll-to-Roll Printing of Perovskite Solar Cells

Dou, Benjia; Whitaker, James B.; Bruening, Karsten; Moore, David T.; Wheeler, Lance M.; Ryter, John; Breslin, Nicholas J.; Berry, Joseph J.; Garner, Sean M.; Barnes, Frank S.; Shaheen, Sean E.; Tassone, Christopher J.; Zhu, Kai; van Hest, Maikel F.  A.  M.

doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.8b01556

Roll-to-Roll Printing of Perovskite Solar Cells

Journal Article · Thu Sep 20 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · ACS Energy Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.8b01556· OSTI ID:1480236

^[1]; Whitaker, James B. ^[2]; Bruening, Karsten ^[3]; Moore, David T. ^[2]; ^[2]; Ryter, John ^[2]; Breslin, Nicholas J. ^[2]; Berry, Joseph J. ^[2]; Garner, Sean M. ^[4]; Barnes, Frank S. ^[5]; Shaheen, Sean E. ^[6]; Tassone, Christopher J. ^[3]; ^[2]; van Hest, Maikel F. A. M. ^[2]

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States; Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80302, United States
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
Corning Research &, Development Corporation, Corning, New York 14830, United States
Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80302, United States
Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80302, United States; Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309 United States

High efficiency combined with transformative roll-to-roll (R2R) printability makes metal halide perovskite-based solar cells the most promising solar technology to address the terawatt challenge of the future energy demand. However, translation from lab-scale deposition solution processing techniques to large-scale R2R methods has typically led to reduced photovoltaic performance. Here, we demonstrate large-scale, highly crystalline, uniaxially oriented, smooth perovskite films printed at room temperature and in the ambient environment. Confirmed with high speed in situ X-ray diffraction measurements, the perovskite films reach 98% of relative crystallinity at room temperature and display high texture within 1 s of the coating. We demonstrate an all-blade-coated metal halide perovskite cell with power conversion efficiency (PCE) up to 19.6%, a slot-die coated cell with a PCE of 17.3%, and a partially R2R slot-die coated flexible glass-based cell efficiency of 14.1%. The developed printing method can be applied to diverse perovskite compositions, enabling a variety of bandgaps to pave the way for the future R2R printing of highly efficient perovskite-perovskite tandem cells.

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

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

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1480236

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5K00-72532

Journal Information:: ACS Energy Letters, Journal Name: ACS Energy Letters Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 3; ISSN 2380-8195

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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