The next technological step in the exploration of metal‐halide perovskite solar cells is the demonstration of larger‐area device prototypes under outdoor operating conditions. The authors here demonstrate that when slot‐die coating the halide perovskite layers on large areas, ribbing effects may occur but can be prevented by adjusting the precursor ink's rheological properties. For formamidinium lead triiodide (FAPbI3) precursor inks based on 2‐methoxyethanol, the ink viscosity is adjusted by adding acetonitrile (ACN) as a co‐solvent leading to smooth FAPbI3 thin‐films with high quality and layer homogeneity. For an optimized content of 46 vol% of the ACN co‐solvent, a certified steady‐state performance of 22.3% is achieved in p‐i‐n FAPbI3‐perovskite solar cells. Scaling devices to larger areas by making laser series‐interconnected mini‐modules of 12.7 cm2, a power conversion efficiency of 17.1% is demonstrated. A full year of outdoor stability testing with continuous maximum power point tracking on encapsulated devices is performed and it is demonstrated that these devices maintain close to 100% of their initial performance during winter and spring followed by a significant performance decline during warmer summer months. This work highlights the importance of the real‐condition evaluation of larger area device prototypes to validate the technological potential of halide perovskite photovoltaics.
To accelerate the materials discovery and development process for a sustainable technology advancement it is imperative to explore and develop combined high-throughput material synthesis and analysis workflows. In this work,...
mySpot beamline is used to provide stable beam especially tuned for the mySpot experiment. Depending on the experiment requirements, di erent optical devices are used. The schematic view shows two di erent con gurations, one tuned for low divergence, and one for narrow energy band width, as required for the scattering and spectroscopy experiments respectively. Since the goal of the experiment is to provide several methods at the same time, beamline properties can be tuned to provide the optimal beam for a given combination of experiments. Total intensity, divergence, energy resolution, high harmonics suppression, and stability in scans can be tuned to match the requirements (Erko & Zizak, 2009).
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