Up-scaling perovskite solar cell manufacturing from sheet-to-sheet to roll-to-roll: challenges and solutions

Giacomo, Francesco Di; Galagan, Yulia; Shanmugam, S.; Gorter, Harrie; Bruele, F. van den; Kirchner, Gerwin; Vries, Ike de; Fledderus, Henri; Lifka, H.; Veenstra, Sjoerd; Aernouts, Tom; Groen, W.A.; Andrissen, R.

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“…However, most of the perovskite layers studied so far are deposited via the non‐scalable spin‐coating method with low material utilization ratio, which hinders the commercialization of PSCs. To fabricate large‐area and uniform perovskite films, a variety of film deposition technologies, including vapor assisted deposition, spray‐deposition, soft‐cover deposition, brush‐painting, blade‐coating, slot‐die coating, and inkjet printing, have been explored. Among these techniques, inkjet printing has been considered as a facile scalable approach to fabricate large‐area PSCs for its cost‐effectiveness, high writing accuracy, and near unity material utilization ratio .…”

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One‐Step Inkjet Printed Perovskite in Air for Efficient Light Harvesting

Liang

et al. 2018

Solar RRL

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Solution-processed metal-halide perovskites have demonstrated immense potential in photovoltaic applications. Inkjet printing is a facile scalable approach to fabricate large-area perovskite solar cells (PSCs) due to its costeffectiveness and near unity material utilization ratio. However, controlling crystallinity of the perovskite during the inkjet printing remains a challenge. The PSCs deposited by inkjet printing typically have much lower power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) than those by spin-coating. Here, we show that high-quality perovskite films could be inkjet-printed with an innovative vacuum-assisted thermal annealing post-treatment and optimized solvent composition. High-performance PSCs based on printed CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 with a PCE of 17.04% for 0.04 cm 2 (13.27% for 4.0 cm 2 ) and negligible hysteresis (lower than 1.0%) are demonstrated. These efficiencies are much higher than the previously reported ones using inkjet-printing ( 12.3% for 0.04 cm 2 ). The inkjet printing combined with vacuum-assisted thermal annealing could be an effective low-cost approach to fabricate high-performance perovskite optoelectronic thin film devices (including solar cells, lasers, photodetectors, and light-emitting diodes) with high-volume production.Metal-halide perovskites possess extraordinary photovoltaic desired features, including high charge carrier mobilities, [1][2][3] low exciton binding energies, [4][5] long charge carrier diffusion lengths, [6] broad light absorption spectra, large absorption coefficient, [7,8] and low-cost solution processability. [9] Therefore, the metal-halide perovskites have been considered as a new type promising light harvesting materials for the third generation photovoltaic applications. Notably, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the perovskite solar cell (PSC) has boosted from 3.8% to the certified 22.7% within the past 8 years and approached the performance of representative traditional solar cells based on crystallized silicon, cadmium telluride (CdTe), and copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS). PSCs have demonstrated unbelievable developing speed and a bright prospect in photovoltaics. [10][11] However, most of the perovskite layers studied so far are deposited via the nonscalable spin-coating method with low material utilization ratio, [12][13][14] which hinders the commercialization of PSCs. To fabricate large-area and uniform perovskite films, a variety of film deposition technologies, including vapor assisted deposition, [15][16][17] spray-deposition, [18] soft-cover deposition, [19] brushpainting, [20] blade-coating, [21][22][23] slot-die coating, [24][25][26] and inkjet printing, [27][28][29][30][31][32][33] have been explored. Among these techniques, inkjet printing has been considered as a facile scalable approach to fabricate large-area PSCs for its cost-effectiveness, high writing accuracy, and near unity material utilization ratio. [34][35][36] Up to now, perovskite films have been inkjet printed with onestep method (e.g., print CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 (MAPbI 3 ) pre...

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Section: The Detailed Photovoltaic Parameter Of Pscs Employing the Timentioning

confidence: 99%

One‐Step Inkjet Printed Perovskite in Air for Efficient Light Harvesting

Liang

et al. 2018

Solar RRL

101

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“…For larger areas up to 40 cm 2 PCE > 15% was realized by spray coating, while other techniques are still following . In addition to the perovskite layer, other layers also need to be processed at low cost on large areas including the following: (1) the charge selective transport layers, made from materials such as titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ), − tin oxide (SnO 2 ) − and nickel oxide (NiO); , (2) the front electrodes made of sputtered transparent and conductive oxides; , and (3) the rear electrodes. ,, One of the bottlenecks in this regard is the widely used TiO 2 electron transport layers (ETLs). Today, the TiO 2 ETLs for large-area PSCs are typically processed either by vacuum-based or solution-based deposition techniques. ,,,, For the former, a variety of deposition techniques exists, such as atomic layer deposition, electron beam deposition, , and magnetron sputtering, which offer high yield but require significant investments in vacuum deposition systems.…”

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Scalable Processing of Low-Temperature TiO₂ Nanoparticles for High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells

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Hudry

Mathies

et al. 2018

ACS Appl. Energy Mater.

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Most high-efficiency perovskite solar cells (PSCs) rely on titanium dioxide (TiO2) electron transport layers (ETLs) that are usually processed at high temperature (>450 °C). Consequently, a fully solution-based process of PSCs with TiO2 ETL on inexpensive flexible polymer substrates is not feasible. Therefore, a scalable low-temperature TiO2 ETL is developed based on presynthesized crystalline nanoparticle TiO2 (np-TiO2). The presented synthesis process offers control over the doping, the hydrodynamic diameter, and the solvent of the np-TiO2. High initial power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 19.5% (stabilized at 18.2%) of PSC processed on the np-TiO2 ETL is demonstrated with spin-coated methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3). Furthermore, it is shown that other perovskite absorber layers that include evaporated CH3NH3PbI3 and triple cation perovskite, Cs0.1(MA0.17FA0.83)0.9Pb(I0.83Br0.17)3, also show very high initial PCE, 14.5% and 19%, respectively. The possibility of doping the np-TiO2 with niobium (Nb5+) also reduces the resistance of the np-TiO2 ETL, allowing for thick ETLs that are beneficial for rough substrates. Facile upscaling of the deposition of the np-TiO2 ETL by inkjet printing, blade coating, and slot-die coating is also demonstrated, having high uniformity, resulting in prototype PSCs with a stable PCE > 15%.

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“…The structure of perovskite catalysts can play an important role in the conversion of CO 2 into value-added chemicals [19][20][21][23][24][25][26]. In particular, emphasis is given to achieve (i) high efficiency by enhancing mass transfer, (ii) the ability for separation of products, (iii) low-pressure drops, (iv) absence of clogging, (v) safety, and (vi) cost-and energy-effective production [36,57,58]. To this extent, the preparation method is important for controlling the properties and final structure of perovskites.…”

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Perovskites in the Energy Grid and CO2 Conversion: Current Context and Future Directions

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CO2 emissions from the consumption of fossil fuels are continuously increasing, thus impacting Earth’s climate. In this context, intensive research efforts are being dedicated to develop materials that can effectively reduce CO2 levels in the atmosphere and convert CO2 into value-added chemicals and fuels, thus contributing to sustainable energy and meeting the increase in energy demand. The development of clean energy by conversion technologies is of high priority to circumvent these challenges. Among the various methods that include photoelectrochemical, high-temperature conversion, electrocatalytic, biocatalytic, and organocatalytic reactions, photocatalytic CO2 reduction has received great attention because of its potential to efficiently reduce the level of CO2 in the atmosphere by converting it into fuels and value-added chemicals. Among the reported CO2 conversion catalysts, perovskite oxides catalyze redox reactions and exhibit high catalytic activity, stability, long charge diffusion lengths, compositional flexibility, and tunable band gap and band edge. This review focuses on recent advances and future prospects in the design and performance of perovskites for CO2 conversion, particularly emphasizing on the structure of the catalysts, defect engineering and interface tuning at the nanoscale, and conversion technologies and rational approaches for enhancing CO2 transformation to value-added chemicals and chemical feedstocks.

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Up-scaling perovskite solar cell manufacturing from sheet-to-sheet to roll-to-roll: challenges and solutions

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One‐Step Inkjet Printed Perovskite in Air for Efficient Light Harvesting

One‐Step Inkjet Printed Perovskite in Air for Efficient Light Harvesting

Scalable Processing of Low-Temperature TiO₂ Nanoparticles for High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells

Perovskites in the Energy Grid and CO2 Conversion: Current Context and Future Directions

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Up-scaling perovskite solar cell manufacturing from sheet-to-sheet to roll-to-roll: challenges and solutions

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One‐Step Inkjet Printed Perovskite in Air for Efficient Light Harvesting

One‐Step Inkjet Printed Perovskite in Air for Efficient Light Harvesting

Scalable Processing of Low-Temperature TiO2 Nanoparticles for High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells

Perovskites in the Energy Grid and CO2 Conversion: Current Context and Future Directions

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