Curtailing Perovskite Processing Limitations via Lamination at the Perovskite/Perovskite Interface

Dunfield, Sean P.; Moore, David T.; Klein, Talysa R.; Fabian, David M.; Christians, Jeffrey A.; Dixon, Alex G.; Dou, Benjia; Ardo, Shane; Beard, Matthew C.; Shaheen, Sean E.; Berry, Joseph J.; van Hest, Maikel F. A. M.

doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00548

Title: Curtailing Perovskite Processing Limitations via Lamination at the Perovskite/Perovskite Interface

Journal Article · 24 April 2018 · ACS Energy Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00548 · OSTI ID:1437221

^[1]; Moore, David T. ^[2];

^[2]; Fabian, David M. ^[3];

^[2]; Dixon, Alex G. ^[1];

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^[2]; Shaheen, Sean E. ^[5];

^[1]; van Hest, Maikel F. A. M. ^[2]

National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)

Standard layer-by-layer solution processing methods constrain lead-halide perovskite device architectures. The layer below the perovskite must be robust to the strong organic solvents used to form the perovskite while the layer above has a limited thermal budget and must be processed in nonpolar solvents to prevent perovskite degradation. To circumvent these limitations, we developed a procedure where two transparent conductive oxide/transport material/perovskite half stacks are independently fabricated and then laminated together at the perovskite/perovskite interface. Using ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy, external quantum efficiency, X-ray diffraction, and time-resolved photoluminesence spectroscopy, we show that this procedure improves photovoltaic properties of the perovskite layer. Applying this procedure, semitransparent devices employing two high-temperature oxide transport layers were fabricated, which realized an average efficiency of 9.6% (maximum: 10.6%) despite series resistance limitations from the substrate design. Overall, the developed lamination procedure curtails processing constraints, enables new device designs, and affords new opportunities for optimization.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1437221

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5K00-71071

Journal Information:: ACS Energy Letters, Vol. 3, Issue 5; ISSN 2380-8195

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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