Blade Coating Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells with Vacuum-Assisted Nucleation Based on Bottom Quasi-2D Passivation

Zhang, Xinwen; Baral, Pramod; Chakraborty, Nilave; Garden, Kelsey; Shen, Lening; Vijayaraghavan, Sankaranarayanan Nair; Cao, Zikun; Yan, Feng; Gong, Xiong; Whittaker-Brooks, Luisa; Wang, He

doi:10.1002/solr.202200900

Blade Coating Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells with Vacuum-Assisted Nucleation Based on Bottom Quasi-2D Passivation

Journal Article · Fri Dec 23 00:00:00 EST 2022 · Solar RRL

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202200900· OSTI ID:2420925

Zhang, Xinwen ^[1]; Baral, Pramod ^[2]; Chakraborty, Nilave ^[3]; Garden, Kelsey ^[3]; Shen, Lening ^[4]; Vijayaraghavan, Sankaranarayanan Nair ^[5]; Cao, Zikun ^[2]; Yan, Feng ^[5]; ^[4]; ^[3]; ^[2]

Univ. of Miami, FL (United States); OSTI
Univ. of Miami, FL (United States)
Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
Univ. of Akron, OH (United States)
Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)

Metal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) attract an enormous attention because of their high power conversion efficiency (PCE) and low fabrication cost. However, their commercialization is limited by fabricating highly efficient large-area solar cells. Controlling the morphology and crystallization of perovskite for large-area fabrication is difficult but important. Here, in this work, a vacuum-assisted approach is developed to obtain mirror-like, pinhole-free, highly crystalline, and uniform blade-coated perovskite films, without the use of antisolvent and air knife. This method can be a universal approach for various perovskite compositions. Meanwhile, the phenethylammonium iodide passivation effect at the top and bottom interfaces of perovskite layer based on FTO/NiO_x/perovskite/C₆₀/BCP/Cu inverted p-i-n structure is systematically investigated. The optimized device fabricated by blade coating under an ambient environment exhibits the champion PCE of 20.7% and is among the top few records of blade coating inverted structure based on NiOx hole transport layer. The encapsulated device retains 97% of its maximum efficiency under open-circuit condition after 1000 h of photostability test in an ambient environment at room temperature with a relative humidity of 40–60%. Herein, low-cost, easy, and reproducible strategies to fabricate efficient and stable blade-coated PSCs are demonstrated.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019041

OSTI ID:: 2420925

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1995916

Journal Information:: Solar RRL, Journal Name: Solar RRL Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 7; ISSN 2367-198X

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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