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Erschienen in: Journal of Materials Science 15/2019

29.04.2019 | Energy materials

New insights into active-area-dependent performance of hybrid perovskite solar cells

verfasst von: Arif D. Sheikh, Akhilesh P. Patil, Sawanta S. Mali, Chang K. Hong, Pramod S. Patil

Erschienen in: Journal of Materials Science | Ausgabe 15/2019

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Abstract

The morphology of hybrid perovskite thin films depends strongly on the processing parameters due to its complex crystallization kinetics from a solution to solid perovskite halide phase. It is also profoundly sensitive to the device area of the deposited thin film, and hence reproducible photoconversion efficiency (PCE) remained a bottleneck for the fabrication of efficient photovoltaic devices having large active area. The present work focuses on the investigations of the relationship between perovskite ink concentration-dependent quality of the perovskite overlayer and PCE of the perovskite solar cells (PSC) while scaling-up process. The field-emission scanning electron microscopy images revealed that the surface coverage of perovskite overlayer depends on the concentration of perovskite solution and device area. The active-area-dependent current density (J)-voltage (V) and external quantum efficiency measurements identify morphology-dependent variation in charge-transport/recombination pathways. We confirmed that among different precursor concentrations, 40 wt% perovskite ink is suitable to produce uniform perovskite overlayer over 1 cm2. As a result, highly reproducible PCE ~ 13% has been achieved for the PSC having an active area of 1 cm2. Overall, our findings significantly provide new insights into the active-area-dependent PCE of PSC.

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Metadaten
Titel
New insights into active-area-dependent performance of hybrid perovskite solar cells
verfasst von
Arif D. Sheikh
Akhilesh P. Patil
Sawanta S. Mali
Chang K. Hong
Pramod S. Patil
Publikationsdatum
29.04.2019
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Materials Science / Ausgabe 15/2019
Print ISSN: 0022-2461
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-4803
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-03655-w

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