scholarly journals Encapsulation of Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells: A Comprehensive Review

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashraf Uddin ◽  
Mushfika Baishakhi Upama ◽  
Haimang Yi ◽  
Leiping Duan
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Mechanical Degradation ◽  
Oxygen Penetration ◽  
Stability Issue ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Main Barrier

Photovoltaic is one of the promising renewable sources of power to meet the future challenge of energy need. Organic and perovskite thin film solar cells are an emerging cost-effective photovoltaic technology because of low-cost manufacturing processing and a light-weight. The main barrier of commercial use of organic and perovskite solar cells is the poor stability of devices. Encapsulation of these photovoltaic devices is one of the best ways to address this stability issue and enhance the device lifetime by employing materials and structures that possess high barrier performance for oxygen and moisture. The aim of this review paper is to find different encapsulation materials and techniques for perovskite and organic solar cells according to the present understanding of reliability issues. It discusses the available encapsulate materials and their utility in limiting chemicals such as water vapour, oxygen penetration. It also covers the mechanisms of mechanical degradation within the individual layers and solar cell as a whole, and possible obstacles to their application in both organic and perovskite solar cells. The contemporary understanding of these degradation mechanisms, their interplay and their initiating factors (both internal and external) are also discussed.

scholarly journals Encapsulation of Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells: A Review

Coatings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashraf Uddin ◽  
Mushfika Upama ◽  
Haimang Yi ◽  
Leiping Duan
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Mechanical Degradation ◽  
Oxygen Penetration ◽  
Stability Issue ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Main Barrier

Photovoltaic is one of the promising renewable sources of power to meet the future challenge of energy need. Organic and perovskite thin film solar cells are an emerging cost-effective photovoltaic technology because of low-cost manufacturing processing and their light weight. The main barrier of commercial use of organic and perovskite solar cells is the poor stability of devices. Encapsulation of these photovoltaic devices is one of the best ways to address this stability issue and enhance the device lifetime by employing materials and structures that possess high barrier performance for oxygen and moisture. The aim of this review paper is to find different encapsulation materials and techniques for perovskite and organic solar cells according to the present understanding of reliability issues. It discusses the available encapsulate materials and their utility in limiting chemicals, such as water vapour and oxygen penetration. It also covers the mechanisms of mechanical degradation within the individual layers and solar cell as a whole, and possible obstacles to their application in both organic and perovskite solar cells. The contemporary understanding of these degradation mechanisms, their interplay, and their initiating factors (both internal and external) are also discussed.

scholarly journals Novel cost-effective acceptor:P3HT based organic solar cells exhibiting the highest ever reported industrial readiness factor

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 658-665
Author(s):  
Thomas Rieks Andersen ◽  
Anne Therese Weyhe ◽  
Qiang Tao ◽  
Feng Zhao ◽  
Ran Qin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Electricity Production

Novel acceptor enhances the industrial readiness of solution based organic solar cells for low-cost electricity production.

A novel and cost effective CZTS hole transport material applied in perovskite solar cells

CrystEngComm ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (47) ◽  
pp. 7677-7687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siddhant B. Patel ◽  
Amar H. Patel ◽  
Jignasa V. Gohel
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Hole Transport ◽  
Ambient Condition ◽  
Nano Particles

CZTS nano-particles are synthesized under ambient condition and applied as low-cost and sustainable inorganic HTM in Perovskite solar cells.

Showerhead-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition of Perovskite Films for Solar Cell Application

MRS Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 385-393
Author(s):  
S. Sanders ◽  
D. Stümmler ◽  
J. D. Gerber ◽  
J. H. Seidel ◽  
G. Simkus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Solar Cell Application ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Conversion Efficiencies

AbstractIn the last years, perovskite solar cells have attracted great interest in photovoltaic (PV) research due to their possibility to become a highly efficient and low-cost alternative to silicon solar cells. Cells based on the widely used Pb-containing perovskites have reached power conversion efficiencies (PCE) of more than 20 %. One of the major hurdles for the rapid commercialization of perovskite photovoltaics is the lack of deposition tools and processes for large areas. Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is an appealing technique because it is scalable and furthermore features superior process control and reproducibility in depositing high-purity films. In this work, we present a novel showerhead-based CVD tool to fabricate perovskite films by simultaneous delivery of precursors from the gas phase. We highlight the control of the perovskite film composition and properties by adjusting the individual precursor deposition rates. Providing the optimal supply of precursors results in stoichiometric perovskite films without any detectable residues.

Strategically Integrating Quantum Dots into Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Chen ◽  
Jiuxing Wang ◽  
Feifei Yin ◽  
Zhonglin Du ◽  
Laurence A Belfiore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Photovoltaic Devices

Urgent requirements for high-efficiency and low-cost photovoltaic devices are constantly pushing forward the development of the emerging solar cells. Currently, organic solar cells (OSCs) and perovskites solar cells (PSCs) were...

scholarly journals Organic Inorganic Perovskites: A Low-Cost-Efficient Photovoltaic Material

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeeha Aslam ◽  
Tahira Mahmood ◽  
Abdul Naeem
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Lead Toxicity ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Inorganic Perovskite ◽  
Perovskite Materials ◽  
Cost Efficient

Organic-inorganic perovskite materials, due to the simultaneous possession of various properties like optical, electronic and magnetic beside with their structural tunability and good processability, has concerned the attention of researchers from the field of science and technology since long back. Recently, the emergence of efficient solar cells based on organic-inorganic perovskite absorbers promises to alter the fields of thin film, dye-sensitized and organic solar cells. Solution processed photovoltaics based on organic-inorganic perovskite absorbers CH3NH3PbI3 have attained efficiencies of over 25%. The increase in popularity and considerable enhancement in the efficiency of perovskites since their discovery in 2009 is determined by over 6000 publications in 2018. However, although there are broad development prospects for perovskite solar cells (PSCs), but the use of CH3NH3PbI3 results in lead toxicity and instability which limit their application. Therefore, the development of environmental-friendly, stable and efficient perovskite materials for future photovoltaic applications has long-term practical significance, which can eventually be commercialized.

scholarly journals Potential challenges and approaches to develop the large area efficient monolithic perovskite solar cells (mPSCs)

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (23) ◽  
pp. 20320-20329
Author(s):  
Arti Mishra ◽  
Zubair Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Large Area ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
Industrial Scale Production

Abstract The next generation technologies based on perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are targeted to develop a true low cost, low tech, widely deployable, easily manufactured and reliable photovoltaics. After the extremely fast evolution in the last few years on the laboratory-scale, PSCs power conversion efficiency (PCE) reached over 24%. However, the widespread use of PSCs requires addressing the stability and industrial scale production issues. Carbon based monolithic perovskite solar cells (mPSCs) are one of the most promising candidates for the commercialization of the PSCs. mPSCs possess a unique architectural design and pave an easy way to produce large area and cost-effective fabrication of the PSCs. In this article, recent progress in the field of mPSCs, challenges and strategies for their improvement are briefly reviewed. Also, we focus on the predominant implementations of recent techniques in the fabrication of the mPSCs to improve their performance. This review is intended to serve as a future direction guide for the scientists who are looking forward to developing more reliable, cost-effective and large area PSCs.

Hydrothermally processed CuCrO2 nanoparticles as an inorganic hole transporting material for low-cost perovskite solar cells with superior stability

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (41) ◽  
pp. 20327-20337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seckin Akin ◽  
Yuhang Liu ◽  
M. Ibrahim Dar ◽  
Shaik M. Zakeeruddin ◽  
Michael Grätzel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Operational Stability ◽  
Shelf Stability ◽  
Hole Transporting ◽  
Hole Transporting Material

Besides hysteresis-free promising efficiency (16.7%), cost effective CCO-based devices exhibited remarkable shelf-stability for 60 days and operational stability upon 500 hours.

Low cost and solution-processable zinc phthalocyanine as alternative hole transport material for perovskite solar cells

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (109) ◽  
pp. 107723-107731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shufang Wu ◽  
Ya Zheng ◽  
Qingwei Liu ◽  
Renjie Li ◽  
Tianyou Peng
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Hole Transport ◽  
Zinc Phthalocyanine ◽  
Potential Cost ◽  
Solution Processable

A solution-processable and dopant-free ZnPc(tBu)4was used a potential cost-effective substitute for the expensive HTMs containing multifold dopants used in the current PSCs.

scholarly journals Stannite Quaternary Cu2M(M = Ni, Co)SnS4 as Low Cost Inorganic Hole Transport Materials in Perovskite Solar Cells

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 5938
Author(s):  
Zohreh Shadrokh ◽  
Shima Sousani ◽  
Somayeh Gholipour ◽  
Zahra Dehghani ◽  
Yaser Abdi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Energy Levels ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Hole Transport ◽  
Environmental Stability ◽  
Perovskite Layer ◽  
Earth Abundant ◽  
Efficient Charge

In this study, inorganic stannite quaternary Cu2M(M = Ni, Co)SnS4 (CMTS) is explored as a low-cost, earth abundant, environmentally friendly and chemically stable hole transport material (HTM). CMTS nanoparticles were synthesized via a facile and mild solvothermal method and processed into aggregated nanoparticle inks, which were applied in n-i-p perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The results show that Cu2NiSnS4 (CNiTS) is more promising as an HTM than Cu2CoSnS4 (CCoTS), showing efficient charge injection as evidenced by considerable photoluminescence quenching and lower series resistance from Nyquist plots, as well as higher power conversion efficiency (PCE). Moreover, the perovskite layer coated by the CMTS HTM showed superior environmental stability after 200 h light soaking in 50% relative humidity, while organic HTMs suffer from a severe drop in perovskite absorption. Although the obtained PCEs are modest, this study shows that the cost effective and stable inorganic CMTSs are promising HTMs, which can contribute towards PSC commercialization, if the field can further optimize CMTS energy levels through compositional engineering.

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