Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Modules by Scalable Fabrication and Interconnection Optimization

Mengjin Yang; Dong Hoe Kim; Talysa R. Klein; Zhen Li; Matthew O. Reese; Bertrand J. Tremolet De Villers; Joseph J. Berry; Maikel F.A.M. Van Hest; Kai Zhu

doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01221

Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Modules by Scalable Fabrication and Interconnection Optimization

Mengjin Yang, Dong Hoe Kim, Talysa R. Klein, Zhen Li, Matthew O. Reese, Bertrand J. Tremolet De Villers, Joseph J. Berry, Maikel F.A.M. Van Hest, Kai Zhu

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To push perovskite solar cell (PSC) technology toward practical applications, large-area perovskite solar modules with multiple subcells need to be developed by fully scalable deposition approaches. Here, we demonstrate a deposition scheme for perovskite module fabrication with spray coating of a TiO₂ electron transport layer (ETL) and blade coating of both a perovskite absorber layer and a spiro-OMeTAD-based hole transport layer (HTL). The TiO₂ ETL remaining in the interconnection between subcells significantly affects the module performance. Reducing the TiO₂ thickness changes the interconnection contact from a Schottky diode to ohmic behavior. Owing to interconnection resistance reduction, the perovskite modules with a 10 nm TiO₂ layer show enhanced performance mainly associated with an improved fill factor. Finally, we demonstrate a four-cell MA_0.7FA_0.3PbI₃ perovskite module with a stabilized power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 15.6% measured from an aperture area of ∼10.36 cm², corresponding to an active-area module PCE of 17.9% with a geometric fill factor of ∼87.3%.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	322-328
Number of pages	7
Journal	ACS Energy Letters
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01221
Publication status	Published - 2018 Feb 9
Externally published	Yes

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Fuel Technology
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Materials Chemistry

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