Flexible and efficient perovskite quantum dot solar cells via hybrid interfacial architecture
Abstract
All-inorganic CsPbI3 perovskite quantum dots have received substantial research interest for photovoltaic applications because of higher efficiency compared to solar cells using other quantum dots materials and the various exciting properties that perovskites have to offer. These quantum dot devices also exhibit good mechanical stability amongst various thin-film photovoltaic technologies. We demonstrate higher mechanical endurance of quantum dot films compared to bulk thin film and highlight the importance of further research on high-performance and flexible optoelectronic devices using nanoscale grains as an advantage. Specifically, we develop a hybrid interfacial architecture consisting of CsPbI3 quantum dot/PCBM heterojunction, enabling an energy cascade for efficient charge transfer and mechanical adhesion. The champion CsPbI3 quantum dot solar cell has an efficiency of 15.1% (stabilized power output of 14.61%), which is among the highest report to date. Building on this strategy, we further demonstrate a highest efficiency of 12.3% in flexible quantum dot photovoltaics.
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- Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (Australia); Soochow Univ. (China)
- Nankai Univ., Tianjin (China); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Macquarie Univ., NSW (Australia)
- Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (Australia); Univ. of Sydney, NSW (Australia)
- Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (Australia); Soochow Univ. (China); Univ. of Sydney, NSW (Australia)
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Soochow Univ. (China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- U.S. Department of Defense (DOD); USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1772451
- Report Number(s):
- NREL-JA-5900-78640
Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723; MainId:32557;UUID:ba38d979-b073-45ae-854c-2944b4571060;MainAdminID:20096
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Communications
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; flexible; solar cell; perovskite; quantum dot; solar energy
Citation Formats
Hu, Long, Zhao, Qian, Huang, Shujuan, Zheng, Jianghui, Guan, Xinwei, Patterson, Robert, Kim, Jiyun, Shi, Lei, Lin, Chun-Ho, Lei, Qi, Chu, Dewei, Tao, Wan, Cheong, Soshan, Tilley, Richard D., Ho-Baillie, Anita Y., Luther, Joseph M., Yuan, Jianyu, and Wu, Tom. Flexible and efficient perovskite quantum dot solar cells via hybrid interfacial architecture. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20749-1.
Hu, Long, Zhao, Qian, Huang, Shujuan, Zheng, Jianghui, Guan, Xinwei, Patterson, Robert, Kim, Jiyun, Shi, Lei, Lin, Chun-Ho, Lei, Qi, Chu, Dewei, Tao, Wan, Cheong, Soshan, Tilley, Richard D., Ho-Baillie, Anita Y., Luther, Joseph M., Yuan, Jianyu, & Wu, Tom. Flexible and efficient perovskite quantum dot solar cells via hybrid interfacial architecture. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20749-1
Hu, Long, Zhao, Qian, Huang, Shujuan, Zheng, Jianghui, Guan, Xinwei, Patterson, Robert, Kim, Jiyun, Shi, Lei, Lin, Chun-Ho, Lei, Qi, Chu, Dewei, Tao, Wan, Cheong, Soshan, Tilley, Richard D., Ho-Baillie, Anita Y., Luther, Joseph M., Yuan, Jianyu, and Wu, Tom. Wed .
"Flexible and efficient perovskite quantum dot solar cells via hybrid interfacial architecture". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20749-1. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1772451.
@article{osti_1772451,
title = {Flexible and efficient perovskite quantum dot solar cells via hybrid interfacial architecture},
author = {Hu, Long and Zhao, Qian and Huang, Shujuan and Zheng, Jianghui and Guan, Xinwei and Patterson, Robert and Kim, Jiyun and Shi, Lei and Lin, Chun-Ho and Lei, Qi and Chu, Dewei and Tao, Wan and Cheong, Soshan and Tilley, Richard D. and Ho-Baillie, Anita Y. and Luther, Joseph M. and Yuan, Jianyu and Wu, Tom},
abstractNote = {All-inorganic CsPbI3 perovskite quantum dots have received substantial research interest for photovoltaic applications because of higher efficiency compared to solar cells using other quantum dots materials and the various exciting properties that perovskites have to offer. These quantum dot devices also exhibit good mechanical stability amongst various thin-film photovoltaic technologies. We demonstrate higher mechanical endurance of quantum dot films compared to bulk thin film and highlight the importance of further research on high-performance and flexible optoelectronic devices using nanoscale grains as an advantage. Specifically, we develop a hybrid interfacial architecture consisting of CsPbI3 quantum dot/PCBM heterojunction, enabling an energy cascade for efficient charge transfer and mechanical adhesion. The champion CsPbI3 quantum dot solar cell has an efficiency of 15.1% (stabilized power output of 14.61%), which is among the highest report to date. Building on this strategy, we further demonstrate a highest efficiency of 12.3% in flexible quantum dot photovoltaics.},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-020-20749-1},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 1,
volume = 12,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Wed Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2021}
}
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