Rapid scalable fabrication of roll-to-roll slot-die coated flexible perovskite solar cells using intense pulse light annealing
Abstract
Perovskite solar cells have achieved high efficiencies at the lab scale using batch processes that often may not be scalable. Processes that can be integrated into a continuous manufacturing platform, such as roll-to-roll, where several processes can be carried out sequentially are necessary to develop a new cost-competitive solar technology. In this work, intense pulsed light thermal post-processing is coupled with scalable slot-die coating and air knife evaporation in a high-speed roll-to-roll process of up to 2 m min–1. The optimization of IPL energy parameters, web speeds, solution flow rates, and concentration of precursor inks yielded a champion power conversion efficiency of 11.24% for a 1 cm2 roll-to-roll coated device. The overall processing time for a single layer in this process is reduced from minutes to seconds and the overall footprint of the manufacturing process is decreased. Furthermore, this demonstrates the promising capabilities for intensed pulsed light to reduce manufacturing costs and paves a roadmap for scalable and efficient PSCs on a roll-to-roll platform.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Louisville, KY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1896455
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1894742
- Grant/Contract Number:
- EE0008752
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Sustainable Energy & Fuels
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 23; Journal ID: ISSN 2398-4902
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; tin oxide; perovskite; roll-to-roll; slot-die coating; Intense Pulse Light; perovskite solar cells
Citation Formats
Chandrasekhar, P. S., Chapagain, Sashil, Blake, Martin, Armstrong, Peter J., Grapperhaus, Craig, and Druffel, Thad L. Rapid scalable fabrication of roll-to-roll slot-die coated flexible perovskite solar cells using intense pulse light annealing. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1039/d2se00911k.
Chandrasekhar, P. S., Chapagain, Sashil, Blake, Martin, Armstrong, Peter J., Grapperhaus, Craig, & Druffel, Thad L. Rapid scalable fabrication of roll-to-roll slot-die coated flexible perovskite solar cells using intense pulse light annealing. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2se00911k
Chandrasekhar, P. S., Chapagain, Sashil, Blake, Martin, Armstrong, Peter J., Grapperhaus, Craig, and Druffel, Thad L. Wed .
"Rapid scalable fabrication of roll-to-roll slot-die coated flexible perovskite solar cells using intense pulse light annealing". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2se00911k. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1896455.
@article{osti_1896455,
title = {Rapid scalable fabrication of roll-to-roll slot-die coated flexible perovskite solar cells using intense pulse light annealing},
author = {Chandrasekhar, P. S. and Chapagain, Sashil and Blake, Martin and Armstrong, Peter J. and Grapperhaus, Craig and Druffel, Thad L.},
abstractNote = {Perovskite solar cells have achieved high efficiencies at the lab scale using batch processes that often may not be scalable. Processes that can be integrated into a continuous manufacturing platform, such as roll-to-roll, where several processes can be carried out sequentially are necessary to develop a new cost-competitive solar technology. In this work, intense pulsed light thermal post-processing is coupled with scalable slot-die coating and air knife evaporation in a high-speed roll-to-roll process of up to 2 m min–1. The optimization of IPL energy parameters, web speeds, solution flow rates, and concentration of precursor inks yielded a champion power conversion efficiency of 11.24% for a 1 cm2 roll-to-roll coated device. The overall processing time for a single layer in this process is reduced from minutes to seconds and the overall footprint of the manufacturing process is decreased. Furthermore, this demonstrates the promising capabilities for intensed pulsed light to reduce manufacturing costs and paves a roadmap for scalable and efficient PSCs on a roll-to-roll platform.},
doi = {10.1039/d2se00911k},
journal = {Sustainable Energy & Fuels},
number = 23,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Wed Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
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