Historical Analysis of High‐Efficiency, Large‐Area Solar Cells: Toward Upscaling of Perovskite Solar Cells

Intermediate phase is considered an important aspect to deeply understand the crystallization procedure in the growth of high-quality perovskite layers by an anti-solvent technique. However, the moisture influence on the intermediate phase formation is not clear in air conditions as yet. In this work, pure (FA0.2MA1.8)Pb3X8(DMSO·DMF) intermediate phase was obtained in as-prepared perovskite film by spin-coating the precursor of co-solvent (DMSO and DMF) in an ambient air (RH20–30%). Moreover, the appropriate quantity of ethyl acetate (C4H8O2, EA) also controls the formation of pure intermediate phase. The uniform and homogeneous perovskite film was obtained after annealing this intermediate film. Therefore, the best power conversion efficiency (PCE) of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is 16.24% with an average PCE of 15.53%, of which almost 86% of its initial PCE was preserved after 30 days in air conditions. Besides, the steady-state output efficiency ups to 15.38% under continuous illumination. In addition, the PCE of large area device (100 mm2) reaches 11.11% with a little hysteresis effect. This work would give an orientation for PSCs production at the commercial level, which could lower the cost of fabricating the high efficiency PSCs.

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Achieving high efficiency and improved stability in large-area ITO-free perovskite solar cells with thiol-functionalized self-assembled monolayers

Journal of Materials Chemistry A ◽

10.1039/c6ta02581a ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (20) ◽

pp. 7903-7913 ◽

Cited By ~ 47

Author(s):

Chih-Yu Chang ◽

Yu-Chia Chang ◽

Wen-Kuan Huang ◽

Wen-Chi Liao ◽

Hung Wang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

High Efficiency ◽

Perovskite Solar Cells ◽

Self Assembled Monolayers ◽

Large Area ◽

Highly Efficient ◽

Interfacial Modification ◽

Assembled Monolayers ◽

Improved Stability ◽

Self Assembled

A promising approach towards highly efficient and stable large-area ITO-free perovskite solar cells is demonstrated by employing thiol-functionalized self-assembled monolayers as interfacial modification layers.

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Strategies for High-Performance Large-Area Perovskite Solar Cells toward Commercialization

Crystals ◽

10.3390/cryst11030295 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 295

Author(s):

Tianzhao Dai ◽

Qiaojun Cao ◽

Lifeng Yang ◽

Mahmoud Aldamasy ◽

Meng Li ◽

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Keyword(s):

Solar Cells ◽

High Performance ◽

Large Scale ◽

High Efficiency ◽

Perovskite Solar Cells ◽

Growth Control ◽

Single Crystal Silicon ◽

Large Area ◽

Crystal Silicon ◽

Control Interface

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have received a great deal of attention in the science and technology field due to their outstanding power conversion efficiency (PCE), which increased rapidly from 3.9% to 25.5% in less than a decade, comparable to single crystal silicon solar cells. In the past ten years, much progress has been made, e.g. impressive ideas and advanced technologies have been proposed to enlarge PSC efficiency and stability. However, this outstanding progress has always been referred to as small-area (<0.1 cm2) PSCs. Little attention has been paid to the preparation processes and their micro-mechanisms for large-area (>1 cm2) PSCs. Meanwhile, scaling up is an inevitable way for large-scale application of PSCs. Therefore, we firstly summarize the current achievements for high efficiency and stability large-area perovskite solar cells, including precursor composition, deposition, growth control, interface engineering, packaging technology, etc. Then we include a brief discussion and outlook for the future development of large-area PSCs in commercialization.

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