Rapid Aqueous Spray Fabrication of Robust NiO x: A Simple and Scalable Platform for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells
Abstract
Abstract Organometal halide perovskites have powerful intrinsic potential to drive next‐generation solar technology, but their insufficient thermomechanical reliability and unproven large‐area manufacturability limit competition with incumbent silicon photovoltaics. This work addresses these limitations by leveraging large‐area processing and robust inorganic hole transport layers (HTLs). Inverted perovskite solar cells utilizing NiO x HTLs deposited by rapid aqueous spray‐coating that outperform spin‐coated NiO x and lead to a 5× improvement in the fracture energy ( G c ), a primary metric of thermomechanical stability, are presented. The morphology, chemical composition, and optoelectronic properties of the NiO x films are characterized to understand and optimize compatibility with an archetypal double cation perovskite, Cs .17 FA .83 Pb(Br .17 I .83 ) 3 . Perovskite solar cells with sprayed NiO x show higher photovoltaic performance, exhibiting up to 82% fill factor and 17.7% power conversion efficiency (PCE)—the highest PCE reported for inverted cell with scalable charge transport layers—as well as excellent stability under full illumination and after 4000 h aging in inert conditions at room temperature. By utilizing open‐air techniques and aqueous precursors, this combination of robust materials and low‐cost processing provides a platform for scaling perovskite modules with long‐term reliability.
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- Research Org.:
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1613525
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1513033
- Grant/Contract Number:
- EE0008559; ECCS-1542152
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Energy Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 19; Journal ID: ISSN 1614-6832
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Chemistry; energy & fuels; materials science; physics; mechanical reliability; metal oxide transport layers; perovskite solar cells; scalable deposition
Citation Formats
Scheideler, William J., Rolston, Nicholas, Zhao, Oliver, Zhang, Jinbao, and Dauskardt, Reinhold H. Rapid Aqueous Spray Fabrication of Robust NiO x: A Simple and Scalable Platform for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1002/aenm.201803600.
Scheideler, William J., Rolston, Nicholas, Zhao, Oliver, Zhang, Jinbao, & Dauskardt, Reinhold H. Rapid Aqueous Spray Fabrication of Robust NiO x: A Simple and Scalable Platform for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201803600
Scheideler, William J., Rolston, Nicholas, Zhao, Oliver, Zhang, Jinbao, and Dauskardt, Reinhold H. Wed .
"Rapid Aqueous Spray Fabrication of Robust NiO x: A Simple and Scalable Platform for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201803600. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1613525.
@article{osti_1613525,
title = {Rapid Aqueous Spray Fabrication of Robust NiO x: A Simple and Scalable Platform for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells},
author = {Scheideler, William J. and Rolston, Nicholas and Zhao, Oliver and Zhang, Jinbao and Dauskardt, Reinhold H.},
abstractNote = {Abstract Organometal halide perovskites have powerful intrinsic potential to drive next‐generation solar technology, but their insufficient thermomechanical reliability and unproven large‐area manufacturability limit competition with incumbent silicon photovoltaics. This work addresses these limitations by leveraging large‐area processing and robust inorganic hole transport layers (HTLs). Inverted perovskite solar cells utilizing NiO x HTLs deposited by rapid aqueous spray‐coating that outperform spin‐coated NiO x and lead to a 5× improvement in the fracture energy ( G c ), a primary metric of thermomechanical stability, are presented. The morphology, chemical composition, and optoelectronic properties of the NiO x films are characterized to understand and optimize compatibility with an archetypal double cation perovskite, Cs .17 FA .83 Pb(Br .17 I .83 ) 3 . Perovskite solar cells with sprayed NiO x show higher photovoltaic performance, exhibiting up to 82% fill factor and 17.7% power conversion efficiency (PCE)—the highest PCE reported for inverted cell with scalable charge transport layers—as well as excellent stability under full illumination and after 4000 h aging in inert conditions at room temperature. By utilizing open‐air techniques and aqueous precursors, this combination of robust materials and low‐cost processing provides a platform for scaling perovskite modules with long‐term reliability.},
doi = {10.1002/aenm.201803600},
journal = {Advanced Energy Materials},
number = 19,
volume = 9,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 27 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Wed Mar 27 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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