Fabrication of Nickel Oxide Nanopillar Arrays on Flexible Electrodes for Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

Cong, Shan; Zou, Guifu; Lou, Yanhui; Yang, Hao; Su, Ying; Zhao, Jie; Zhang, Cheng; Ma, Peipei; Lu, Zheng; Fan, Hongyou; Huang, Zhifeng

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00760

Title: Fabrication of Nickel Oxide Nanopillar Arrays on Flexible Electrodes for Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

Journal Article · Mon Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00760· OSTI ID:1526213

Cong, Shan ^[1];

^[1]; Lou, Yanhui ^[1]; Yang, Hao ^[1]; Su, Ying ^[1]; Zhao, Jie ^[2]; Zhang, Cheng ^[1]; Ma, Peipei ^[1]; Lu, Zheng ^[1];

^[3];

^[4]

Soochow University, Suzhou (China)
Soochow University, Suzhou (China); Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), Kowloon Tong (China)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), Kowloon Tong (China); Shenzhen Virtual University Park, Guangdong (China)

Semiconductor nanomaterials with controlled morphologies and architectures are of critical importance for high-performance optoelectronic devices. However, the fabrication of such nanomaterials on polymer-based flexible electrodes is particularly challenging due to degradation of the flexible electrodes at a high temperature. In this paper, we report the fabrication of nickel oxide nanopillar arrays (NiO_x NaPAs) on a flexible electrode by vapor deposition, which enables highly efficient perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The NiO_x NaPAs exhibit an enhanced light transmittance for light harvesting, prohibit exciton recombination, promote irradiation-generated hole transport and collection, and facilitate the formation of large perovskite grains. These advantageous features result in a high efficiency of 20% and 17% for the rigid and flexible PSCs, respectively. Additionally, the NaPAs show no cracking after 500 times of bending, consistent with the mechanic simulation results. Lastly, this robust fabrication opens a new opportunity for the fabrication of a large area of high-performance flexible optoelectronic devices.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; AC52-06NA25396; NA0003525

OSTI ID:: 1526213

Report Number(s):: SAND-2019-6162J; 676098

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Vol. 19, Issue 6; ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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