Efficient Metal–Halide Perovskite Photovoltaic Cells Deposited via Vapor Transport Deposition

Hsu, Wan-Ju; Pettit, Emma C.; Swartwout, Richard; Kadosh, Tamar Zhitomirsky; Srinivasan, Shreyas; Wassweiler, Ella L.; Haugstad, Greg; Bulović, Vladimir; Holmes, Russell J.

doi:10.1002/solr.202300758

Efficient Metal–Halide Perovskite Photovoltaic Cells Deposited via Vapor Transport Deposition

Journal Article · Sat Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Solar RRL

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202300758· OSTI ID:2217689

Hsu, Wan-Ju ^[1]; Pettit, Emma C. ^[1]; Swartwout, Richard ^[2]; Kadosh, Tamar Zhitomirsky ^[2]; Srinivasan, Shreyas ^[2]; Wassweiler, Ella L. ^[2]; Haugstad, Greg ^[1]; Bulović, Vladimir ^[2]; ^[1]

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

Photovoltaic cells based on metal-halide perovskites have exceeded the performance of other thin film technologies and rival the performance of devices based on archetypical silicon. Attractively, the perovskite active layer can be processed via a variety of solution- and vapor-based methods. Herein, emphasis is on the use of vapor transport codeposition (VTD) to process efficient n–i–p photovoltaic cells based on methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI₃). VTD utilizes a hot-walled reactor operated under moderate vacuum in the range of 0.5–10 Torr. The organic and metal-halide precursors are heated with the resulting vapor transported by a N₂ carrier gas to a cooled substrate where they condense and react to form a perovskite film. The efficiency of photovoltaic devices based on VTD-processed MAPbI₃ is found to be highest in films with excess lead iodide content, with champion devices realizing exceeding 12%.

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Research Organization:: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0009514

OSTI ID:: 2217689

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2280455
OSTI ID: 2997617
OSTI ID: 2530193

Journal Information:: Solar RRL, Journal Name: Solar RRL Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 8; ISSN 2367-198X

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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