Carbon Electrode with Sputtered Au Coating for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Vijayaraghavan, S. N.; Wall, Jacob; Xiang, Wenjun; Khawaja, Kausar; Li, Lin; Zhu, Kai; Berry, Joseph J.; Yan, Feng

doi:10.1021/acsami.2c20436

Carbon Electrode with Sputtered Au Coating for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Journal Article · Mon Mar 20 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c20436· OSTI ID:1961860

Vijayaraghavan, S. N. ^[1]; Wall, Jacob ^[2]; Xiang, Wenjun ^[2]; Khawaja, Kausar ^[2]; Li, Lin ^[2]; ^[3]; Berry, Joseph J. ^[4]; ^[5]

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States); The University of Alabama, and Arizona State University
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States); Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (United States)

Halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) represent a low-cost and high-efficiency solar technology. However, most of the highly efficient PSCs need a noble electrode, such as Au, through thermal evaporation. Here it is reported that a sputtered Au electrode on a PSC could damage the organic hole transport layer (HTL) and the perovskite layer. Here, we report a simple, yet effective sputtered gold nanoparticle decorated carbon electrode to fabricate efficient and stable planar PSCs. The sputtered Au layer on the doctor-bladed coated carbon electrode can be directly applied to the perovskite semicells by mechanical stacking. By optimizing the gold thickness, a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 16.87% was obtained for the composite electrode-based PSC, while the reference device recorded a PCE of 12.38%. The composite electrode-based device demonstrated 96% performance retention after being stored under humid conditions (50-60%) without encapsulation for ~100 h. This demonstrates a promising pathway toward the commercialization of large-scale manufacturable sputtered electrodes for the PSC solar module.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0009833

OSTI ID:: 1961860

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1969546

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal Name: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 15; ISSN 1944-8244

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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