Fabrication of Nickel Oxide Nanopillar Arrays on Flexible Electrodes for Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells
Abstract
Semiconductor nanomaterials with controlled morphologies and architectures are of critical importance for high-performance optoelectronic devices. However, the fabrication of such nanomaterials on polymer-based flexible electrodes is particularly challenging due to degradation of the flexible electrodes at a high temperature. In this paper, we report the fabrication of nickel oxide nanopillar arrays (NiOx NaPAs) on a flexible electrode by vapor deposition, which enables highly efficient perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The NiOx NaPAs exhibit an enhanced light transmittance for light harvesting, prohibit exciton recombination, promote irradiation-generated hole transport and collection, and facilitate the formation of large perovskite grains. These advantageous features result in a high efficiency of 20% and 17% for the rigid and flexible PSCs, respectively. Additionally, the NaPAs show no cracking after 500 times of bending, consistent with the mechanic simulation results. Lastly, this robust fabrication opens a new opportunity for the fabrication of a large area of high-performance flexible optoelectronic devices.
- Authors:
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- Soochow University, Suzhou (China)
- Soochow University, Suzhou (China); Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), Kowloon Tong (China)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), Kowloon Tong (China); Shenzhen Virtual University Park, Guangdong (China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1526213
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2019-6162J
Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984; 676098
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; AC52-06NA25396; NA0003525
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nano Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 19; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 14 SOLAR ENERGY; nickel oxide; nanopillar arrays; hole transporting layer; flexible perovskite solar cells; glancing angle deposition
Citation Formats
Cong, Shan, Zou, Guifu, Lou, Yanhui, Yang, Hao, Su, Ying, Zhao, Jie, Zhang, Cheng, Ma, Peipei, Lu, Zheng, Fan, Hongyou, and Huang, Zhifeng. Fabrication of Nickel Oxide Nanopillar Arrays on Flexible Electrodes for Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00760.
Cong, Shan, Zou, Guifu, Lou, Yanhui, Yang, Hao, Su, Ying, Zhao, Jie, Zhang, Cheng, Ma, Peipei, Lu, Zheng, Fan, Hongyou, & Huang, Zhifeng. Fabrication of Nickel Oxide Nanopillar Arrays on Flexible Electrodes for Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00760
Cong, Shan, Zou, Guifu, Lou, Yanhui, Yang, Hao, Su, Ying, Zhao, Jie, Zhang, Cheng, Ma, Peipei, Lu, Zheng, Fan, Hongyou, and Huang, Zhifeng. Mon .
"Fabrication of Nickel Oxide Nanopillar Arrays on Flexible Electrodes for Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00760. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1526213.
@article{osti_1526213,
title = {Fabrication of Nickel Oxide Nanopillar Arrays on Flexible Electrodes for Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells},
author = {Cong, Shan and Zou, Guifu and Lou, Yanhui and Yang, Hao and Su, Ying and Zhao, Jie and Zhang, Cheng and Ma, Peipei and Lu, Zheng and Fan, Hongyou and Huang, Zhifeng},
abstractNote = {Semiconductor nanomaterials with controlled morphologies and architectures are of critical importance for high-performance optoelectronic devices. However, the fabrication of such nanomaterials on polymer-based flexible electrodes is particularly challenging due to degradation of the flexible electrodes at a high temperature. In this paper, we report the fabrication of nickel oxide nanopillar arrays (NiOx NaPAs) on a flexible electrode by vapor deposition, which enables highly efficient perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The NiOx NaPAs exhibit an enhanced light transmittance for light harvesting, prohibit exciton recombination, promote irradiation-generated hole transport and collection, and facilitate the formation of large perovskite grains. These advantageous features result in a high efficiency of 20% and 17% for the rigid and flexible PSCs, respectively. Additionally, the NaPAs show no cracking after 500 times of bending, consistent with the mechanic simulation results. Lastly, this robust fabrication opens a new opportunity for the fabrication of a large area of high-performance flexible optoelectronic devices.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00760},
journal = {Nano Letters},
number = 6,
volume = 19,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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