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Title: Liquid Water- and Heat-Resistant Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaics via an Inverted ALD Oxide Electron Extraction Layer Design

Abstract

Despite rapid advances in conversion efficiency (>22%), the environmental stability of perovskite solar cells remains a substantial barrier to commercialization. Here, we show a significant improvement in the stability of inverted perovskite solar cells against liquid water and high operating temperature (100 degrees C) by integrating an ultrathin amorphous oxide electron extraction layer via atomic layer deposition (ALD). These unencapsulated inverted devices exhibit a stable operation over at least 10 h when subjected to high thermal stress (100 degrees C) in ambient environments, as well as upon direct contact with a droplet of water without further encapsulation.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [2];  [2];  [4];  [1]
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  1. Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States, Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
  2. Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
  3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
  4. Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States, Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center (ANSER); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Light Energy Activated Redox Processes (LEAP)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1332004
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1337513; OSTI ID: 1356823
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0001059; AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Nano Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Nano Letters Journal Volume: 16 Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; atomic layer deposition; hybrid perovskites; inverted design; photovoltaics; stability

Citation Formats

Kim, In Soo, Cao, Duyen H., Buchholz, D. Bruce, Emery, Jonathan D., Farha, Omar K., Hupp, Joseph T., Kanatzidis, Mercouri G., and Martinson, Alex B. F. Liquid Water- and Heat-Resistant Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaics via an Inverted ALD Oxide Electron Extraction Layer Design. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03989.
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Kim, In Soo, Cao, Duyen H., Buchholz, D. Bruce, Emery, Jonathan D., Farha, Omar K., Hupp, Joseph T., Kanatzidis, Mercouri G., & Martinson, Alex B. F. Liquid Water- and Heat-Resistant Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaics via an Inverted ALD Oxide Electron Extraction Layer Design. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03989
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Kim, In Soo, Cao, Duyen H., Buchholz, D. Bruce, Emery, Jonathan D., Farha, Omar K., Hupp, Joseph T., Kanatzidis, Mercouri G., and Martinson, Alex B. F. Mon . "Liquid Water- and Heat-Resistant Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaics via an Inverted ALD Oxide Electron Extraction Layer Design". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03989.
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@article{osti_1332004,
title = {Liquid Water- and Heat-Resistant Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaics via an Inverted ALD Oxide Electron Extraction Layer Design},
author = {Kim, In Soo and Cao, Duyen H. and Buchholz, D. Bruce and Emery, Jonathan D. and Farha, Omar K. and Hupp, Joseph T. and Kanatzidis, Mercouri G. and Martinson, Alex B. F.},
abstractNote = {Despite rapid advances in conversion efficiency (>22%), the environmental stability of perovskite solar cells remains a substantial barrier to commercialization. Here, we show a significant improvement in the stability of inverted perovskite solar cells against liquid water and high operating temperature (100 degrees C) by integrating an ultrathin amorphous oxide electron extraction layer via atomic layer deposition (ALD). These unencapsulated inverted devices exhibit a stable operation over at least 10 h when subjected to high thermal stress (100 degrees C) in ambient environments, as well as upon direct contact with a droplet of water without further encapsulation.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03989},
journal = {Nano Letters},
number = 12,
volume = 16,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 14 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Mon Nov 14 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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