scholarly journals Electrodeposited PEDOT:PSS-Al2O3 Improves the Steady-State Efficiency of Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 4162
Author(s):  
Eider A. Erazo ◽  
Martín Gómez ◽  
Leonardo Rios ◽  
Edgar J. Patiño ◽  
María T. Cortés ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Atomic Layer ◽  
Open Circuit ◽  
Electrochemical Technique ◽  
Additional Energy ◽  
Final Annealing ◽  
Solar Cell Performance ◽  
Cell Efficiency

The atomic layer deposition (ALD) of Al2O3 between perovskite and the hole transporting material (HTM) PEDOT:PSS has previously been shown to improve the efficiency of perovskite solar cells. However, the costs associated with this technique make it unaffordable. In this work, the deposition of an organic–inorganic PEDOT:PSS-Cl-Al2O3 bilayer is performed by a simple electrochemical technique with a final annealing step, and the performance of this material as HTM in inverted perovskite solar cells is studied. It was found that this material (PEDOT:PSS-Al2O3) improves the solar cell performance by the same mechanisms as Al2O3 obtained by ALD: formation of an additional energy barrier, perovskite passivation, and increase in the open-circuit voltage (Voc) due to suppressed recombination. As a result, the incorporation of the electrochemical Al2O3 increased the cell efficiency from 12.1% to 14.3%. Remarkably, this material led to higher steady-state power conversion efficiency, improving a recurring problem in solar cells.

scholarly journals Effect of Annealing Temperature on Spatial Atomic Layer Deposited Titanium Oxide and Its Application in Perovskite Solar Cells

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Hsun Hsu ◽  
Ka-Te Chen ◽  
Pao-Hsun Huang ◽  
Wan-Yu Wu ◽  
Xiao-Ying Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Annealing Temperature ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Atomic Layer ◽  
Open Circuit ◽  
Transport Layer ◽  
Electron Transport Layer ◽  
Tio2 Films ◽  
Titanium Tetraisopropoxide ◽  
Tio2 Thin Films

In this study, spatial atomic layer deposition (sALD) is employed to prepare titanium dioxide (TiO2) thin films by using titanium tetraisopropoxide and water as metal and water precursors, respectively. The post-annealing temperature is varied to investigate its effect on the properties of the TiO2 films. The experimental results show that the sALD TiO2 has a similar deposition rate per cycle to other ALD processes using oxygen plasma or ozone oxidant, implying that the growth is limited by titanium tetraisopropoxide steric hindrance. The structure of the as-deposited sALD TiO2 films is amorphous and changes to polycrystalline anatase at the annealing temperature of 450 °C. All the sALD TiO2 films have a low absorption coefficient at the level of 10−3 cm−1 at wavelengths greater than 500 nm. The annealing temperatures of 550 °C are expected to have a high compactness, evaluated by the refractive index and x-ray photoelectron spectrometer measurements. Finally, the 550 °C-annealed sALD TiO2 film with a thickness of ~8 nm is applied to perovskite solar cells as a compact electron transport layer. The significantly enhanced open-circuit voltage and conversion efficiency demonstrate the great potential of the sALD TiO2 compact layer in perovskite solar cell applications.

scholarly journals A piperidinium salt stabilizes efficient metal-halide perovskite solar cells

Science ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 369 (6499) ◽  
pp. 96-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yen-Hung Lin ◽  
Nobuya Sakai ◽  
Peimei Da ◽  
Jiaying Wu ◽  
Harry C. Sansom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Open Circuit ◽  
Ambient Atmosphere ◽  
Full Spectrum ◽  
Encapsulated Cells ◽  
Cell Efficiency ◽  
Hybrid Perovskite ◽  
Metal Halide Perovskite ◽  
Compositional Segregation

Longevity has been a long-standing concern for hybrid perovskite photovoltaics. We demonstrate high-resilience positive-intrinsic-negative perovskite solar cells by incorporating a piperidinium-based ionic compound into the formamidinium-cesium lead-trihalide perovskite absorber. With the bandgap tuned to be well suited for perovskite-on-silicon tandem cells, this piperidinium additive enhances the open-circuit voltage and cell efficiency. This additive also retards compositional segregation into impurity phases and pinhole formation in the perovskite absorber layer during aggressive aging. Under full-spectrum simulated sunlight in ambient atmosphere, our unencapsulated and encapsulated cells retain 80 and 95% of their peak and post-burn-in efficiencies for 1010 and 1200 hours at 60° and 85°C, respectively. Our analysis reveals detailed degradation routes that contribute to the failure of aged cells.

Reducing recombination and enhancing open circuit voltage by Strontium-alloying in multiple cation perovskite solar cells

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pietro Caprioglio ◽  
Fengshuo Zu ◽  
Christian M. Wolff ◽  
Martin Stolterfhot ◽  
Norbert Koch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Open Circuit Voltage ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Open Circuit

Lock-in Thermography-Based Local Efficiency Analysis of Solar Cells

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Otwin Breitenstein
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Efficiency Analysis ◽  
Open Circuit ◽  
Local Defect ◽  
Whole Cell ◽  
Local Efficiency ◽  
Cell Efficiency ◽  
Lock In ◽  
Efficiency Data

Abstract The electronic properties of solar cells, particularly multicrystalline silicon-based ones, are distributed spatially inhomogeneous, where regions of poor quality may degrade the performance of the whole cell. These inhomogeneities mostly affect the dark current-voltage (I-V) characteristic, which decisively affects the efficiency. Since the grid distributes the local voltage homogeneously across the cell and leads to lateral balancing currents, local light beam-induced current methods alone cannot be used to image local cell efficiency parameters. Lock-in thermography (LIT) is the method of choice for imaging inhomogeneities of the dark I-V characteristic. This contribution introduces a novel method for evaluating a number of LIT images taken at different applied biases. By pixel-wise fitting the data to a two diode model and taking into account local series resistance and short circuit current density data, realistically simulated images of the other cell efficiency parameters (open circuit voltage, fill factor, and efficiency) are obtained. Moreover, simulated local and global dark and illuminated I-V characteristics are obtained, also for various illumination intensities. These local efficiency data are expectation values, which would hold if a homogeneous solar cell had the properties of the selected region of the inhomogeneous cell. Alternatively, also local efficiency data holding for the cell working at its own maximum power point may be generated. The amount of degradation of different cell efficiency parameters in some local defect positions is an indication how dangerous these defects are for degrading this parameter of the whole cell. The method allows to virtually 'cut out' certain defects for checking their influence on the global characteristics. Thus, by applying this method, a detailed local efficiency analysis of locally inhomogeneous solar cells is possible. It can be reliably predicted how a cell would improve if certain defects could be avoided. This method is implemented in a software code, which is available.

scholarly journals CdTe-Based Thin Film Solar Cells: Past, Present and Future

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 1684
Author(s):  
Alessandro Romeo ◽  
Elisa Artegiani
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Short Circuit Current ◽  
Short Circuit Current Density ◽  
Open Circuit ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Solar Cell Efficiency ◽  
Cell Efficiency

CdTe is a very robust and chemically stable material and for this reason its related solar cell thin film photovoltaic technology is now the only thin film technology in the first 10 top producers in the world. CdTe has an optimum band gap for the Schockley-Queisser limit and could deliver very high efficiencies as single junction device of more than 32%, with an open circuit voltage of 1 V and a short circuit current density exceeding 30 mA/cm2. CdTe solar cells were introduced at the beginning of the 70s and they have been studied and implemented particularly in the last 30 years. The strong improvement in efficiency in the last 5 years was obtained by a new redesign of the CdTe solar cell device reaching a single solar cell efficiency of 22.1% and a module efficiency of 19%. In this paper we describe the fabrication process following the history of the solar cell as it was developed in the early years up to the latest development and changes. Moreover the paper also presents future possible alternative absorbers and discusses the only apparently controversial environmental impacts of this fantastic technology.

scholarly journals Spray‐coated lead‐free Cs 2 AgBiBr 6 double perovskite solar cells with high open‐circuit voltage

Solar RRL ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Daem ◽  
Jennifer Dewalque ◽  
Felix Lang ◽  
Anthony Maho ◽  
Gilles Spronck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Open Circuit Voltage ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Double Perovskite ◽  
Open Circuit ◽  
Lead Free

scholarly journals On the Relation between the Open‐Circuit Voltage and Quasi‐Fermi Level Splitting in Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (33) ◽  
pp. 1901631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pietro Caprioglio ◽  
Martin Stolterfoht ◽  
Christian M. Wolff ◽  
Thomas Unold ◽  
Bernd Rech ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Fermi Level ◽  
Open Circuit Voltage ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Open Circuit ◽  
Quasi Fermi Level ◽  
Level Splitting
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