Superior Textured Film and Process Tolerance Enabled by Intermediate-State Engineering for High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells

Shubo Wang, Yiqi Chen, Ruiyi Li, Yibo Xu, Jiangshan Feng, Dong Yang, Ningyi Yuan, Wen Hua Zhang, Shengzhong Liu, Jianning Ding

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Abstract

As the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is increased to as high over 25%, it becomes pre-eminent to study a scalable process with wide processing window to fabricate large-area uniform perovskite films with good light-trapping performance. A stable and uniform intermediate-state complex film is obtained by using tetramethylene sulfoxide (TMSO), which extends the annealing window to as long as 20 min, promotes the formation of a high-quality perovskite film with larger grains (over 400 nm) and spontaneously forms the surface texture to result in an improved fill factor and open-circuit voltage (Voc). Moreover, the superior surface texture significantly increases the long-wavelength response, leading to an improved short-circuit current density (Jsc). As a result, the maximum PCE of 21.14% is achieved based on a simple planar cell structure without any interface passivation. Moreover, a large area module with active area of 6.75 cm2 is assembled using the optimized TMSO process, showing efficiency as high as 16.57%. The study paves the way to the rational design of highly efficient PSCs for potential scaled-up production.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number1903009
JournalAdvanced Science
Volume7
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2020

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • General Materials Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)
  • General Engineering
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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