By designing and fabricating thin film electronic devices on a flexible substrate instead of more commonly used rigid substrate, flexible electronics produced has opened a field of special applications. In this articl...By designing and fabricating thin film electronic devices on a flexible substrate instead of more commonly used rigid substrate, flexible electronics produced has opened a field of special applications. In this article, we first reviewed available products that may be used as flexible substrates, their characteristics and unique advantages as supporting material for flexible electronic devices. Secondly, flexible perovskite solar cell is examined in detail, with special focus on its potential large-scale fabrication processes. In particular, a comprehensive review is provided on low cost solution printing techniques that is viewed highly as a viable tool for potential commercialization of the perovskite solar cells. Furthermore, a summary is given on green processing for the solution printing production of flexible perovskite devices.展开更多
Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells have generated wide interest due to the rapid development of their photovoltaic conversion effciencies.However,the majority of the reported devices have been fabricated ...Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells have generated wide interest due to the rapid development of their photovoltaic conversion effciencies.However,the majority of the reported devices have been fabricated via spin coating with a device areaof<1 cm2.In this study,we fabricated a wide-bandgap formamidi-nium lead bromide(FAPbBr3)film using a cost-effective,high-yielding doctor-blade-coating process.The effects of different surfactants,such as I-α-phosphatidylcholine,polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate,sodium lauryl sulfonate,and hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide,were studied during the printing process.Accompanying the optimization of the blading temperature,crystal sizes of over 10μm and large-area perovskite films of5cm×5 cm were obtained using this method.The printed FAPbBr3 solar cells exhibited a short-circuit current density of 8.22 mA/cm2,an open-circuit voltage of 1.175 V,and an efficiency of 7.29%.Subsequently,we replaced the gold with silver nanowires as the top electrode to prepare a semitransparent perovskite solar cell with an average transmittance(400-800 nm)of 25.42%,achieving a high-power efficiency of 5.11%.This study demonstrates efficient doctor-blading printing for preparing large-area FAPbBr3 films that possess high potential for applications in building integrated photovoltaics.展开更多
An inverted structure of polymer solar cells based on Poly（3-hexylthiophene）（P3HT）：[6-6] Phenyl-（6） butyric acid methyl ester （PCBM） with using thin films of TiO2 nanotubes and nanoparticles as an efficient c...An inverted structure of polymer solar cells based on Poly（3-hexylthiophene）（P3HT）：[6-6] Phenyl-（6） butyric acid methyl ester （PCBM） with using thin films of TiO2 nanotubes and nanoparticles as an efficient cathode buffer layer is developed. A total of three cells employing TiO2 thin films with different thickness values are fabricated. Two cells use layers of TiO2 nanotubes prepared via self-organized electrochemical-anodizing leading to thickness values of 203 and 423.7 nm, while the other cell uses only a simple sol-gel synthesized TiO2 thin film of nanoparticles with a thickness of 100 nm as electron transport layer. Experimental results demonstrate that TiO2 nanotubes with these thickness values are inefficient as the power conversion efficiency of the cell using 100-nm TiO2 thin film is 1.55%, which is more than the best power conversion efficiency of other cells. This can be a result of the weakness of the electrochemical anodizing method to grow nanotubes with lower thickness values. In fact as the TiO2 nanotubes grow in length the series resistance （Rs） between the active polymer layer and electron transport layer increases, meanwhile the fill factor of cells falls dramatically which finally downgrades the power conversion efficiency of the cells as the fill factor falls.展开更多
Scalable deposition of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells(PSCs)is critical to accelerating their commercial applications.However,a significant number of defects are distributed at the buried interface of perovskit...Scalable deposition of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells(PSCs)is critical to accelerating their commercial applications.However,a significant number of defects are distributed at the buried interface of perovskite film fabricated by scalable deposition,exhibiting much negative influence on the efficiency and stability of PSCs.Herein,2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid potassium salt(MESK)is incorporated as the bridging layer between the tin oxide(SnO_(2))electron transport layer(ETL)and the perovskite film deposited via scalable two-step doctor blading.Both experiment and simulation results demonstrate that MESK can passivate the trap states of Sn suspension bonds,thereby enhancing the charge extraction and transport of the SnO_(2)ETL.Meanwhile,the strong interaction with uncoordinated Pb ions can modulate the crystal growth and crystallographic orientation of perovskite film and passivate buried defects.With employing MESK interface bridging,PSCs fabricated via scalable doctor blading in ambient condition achieve a power conversion efficiency(PCE)of 24.67%,which is one of the highest PCEs for doctor-bladed PSCs,and PSC modules with an active area of 11.35 cm^(2)achieve a PCE of 19.45%.Furthermore,PSCs exhibit excellent long-term stability,and the unpackaged target device with a storage of 1680 h in ambient condition(25℃and humidity of 30%relative humidity(RH))can maintain more than 90%of the initial PCE.The research provides a strategy for constructing a high-performance interface bridge between SnO_(2)ETL and perovskite film,and achieving efficient and stable large-area PSCs and modules fabricated via scalable doctor-blading process in ambient condition.展开更多
基金the financial support of the National Key Research and Development Project funding from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Grants Nos.2016YFA0202400and 2016YFA0202404)the Peacock Team Project funding from Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Committee(Grant No.KQTD2015033110182370)
文摘By designing and fabricating thin film electronic devices on a flexible substrate instead of more commonly used rigid substrate, flexible electronics produced has opened a field of special applications. In this article, we first reviewed available products that may be used as flexible substrates, their characteristics and unique advantages as supporting material for flexible electronic devices. Secondly, flexible perovskite solar cell is examined in detail, with special focus on its potential large-scale fabrication processes. In particular, a comprehensive review is provided on low cost solution printing techniques that is viewed highly as a viable tool for potential commercialization of the perovskite solar cells. Furthermore, a summary is given on green processing for the solution printing production of flexible perovskite devices.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Plan(No.2017YFE0131900)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51672202 and 21875178)J.Z.thanks the support from the"Chutian Scholar Program" of Hubei Province,China.
文摘Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells have generated wide interest due to the rapid development of their photovoltaic conversion effciencies.However,the majority of the reported devices have been fabricated via spin coating with a device areaof<1 cm2.In this study,we fabricated a wide-bandgap formamidi-nium lead bromide(FAPbBr3)film using a cost-effective,high-yielding doctor-blade-coating process.The effects of different surfactants,such as I-α-phosphatidylcholine,polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate,sodium lauryl sulfonate,and hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide,were studied during the printing process.Accompanying the optimization of the blading temperature,crystal sizes of over 10μm and large-area perovskite films of5cm×5 cm were obtained using this method.The printed FAPbBr3 solar cells exhibited a short-circuit current density of 8.22 mA/cm2,an open-circuit voltage of 1.175 V,and an efficiency of 7.29%.Subsequently,we replaced the gold with silver nanowires as the top electrode to prepare a semitransparent perovskite solar cell with an average transmittance(400-800 nm)of 25.42%,achieving a high-power efficiency of 5.11%.This study demonstrates efficient doctor-blading printing for preparing large-area FAPbBr3 films that possess high potential for applications in building integrated photovoltaics.
文摘An inverted structure of polymer solar cells based on Poly（3-hexylthiophene）（P3HT）：[6-6] Phenyl-（6） butyric acid methyl ester （PCBM） with using thin films of TiO2 nanotubes and nanoparticles as an efficient cathode buffer layer is developed. A total of three cells employing TiO2 thin films with different thickness values are fabricated. Two cells use layers of TiO2 nanotubes prepared via self-organized electrochemical-anodizing leading to thickness values of 203 and 423.7 nm, while the other cell uses only a simple sol-gel synthesized TiO2 thin film of nanoparticles with a thickness of 100 nm as electron transport layer. Experimental results demonstrate that TiO2 nanotubes with these thickness values are inefficient as the power conversion efficiency of the cell using 100-nm TiO2 thin film is 1.55%, which is more than the best power conversion efficiency of other cells. This can be a result of the weakness of the electrochemical anodizing method to grow nanotubes with lower thickness values. In fact as the TiO2 nanotubes grow in length the series resistance （Rs） between the active polymer layer and electron transport layer increases, meanwhile the fill factor of cells falls dramatically which finally downgrades the power conversion efficiency of the cells as the fill factor falls.
基金support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.U23A20138)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2022YFB3803300).
文摘Scalable deposition of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells(PSCs)is critical to accelerating their commercial applications.However,a significant number of defects are distributed at the buried interface of perovskite film fabricated by scalable deposition,exhibiting much negative influence on the efficiency and stability of PSCs.Herein,2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid potassium salt(MESK)is incorporated as the bridging layer between the tin oxide(SnO_(2))electron transport layer(ETL)and the perovskite film deposited via scalable two-step doctor blading.Both experiment and simulation results demonstrate that MESK can passivate the trap states of Sn suspension bonds,thereby enhancing the charge extraction and transport of the SnO_(2)ETL.Meanwhile,the strong interaction with uncoordinated Pb ions can modulate the crystal growth and crystallographic orientation of perovskite film and passivate buried defects.With employing MESK interface bridging,PSCs fabricated via scalable doctor blading in ambient condition achieve a power conversion efficiency(PCE)of 24.67%,which is one of the highest PCEs for doctor-bladed PSCs,and PSC modules with an active area of 11.35 cm^(2)achieve a PCE of 19.45%.Furthermore,PSCs exhibit excellent long-term stability,and the unpackaged target device with a storage of 1680 h in ambient condition(25℃and humidity of 30%relative humidity(RH))can maintain more than 90%of the initial PCE.The research provides a strategy for constructing a high-performance interface bridge between SnO_(2)ETL and perovskite film,and achieving efficient and stable large-area PSCs and modules fabricated via scalable doctor-blading process in ambient condition.
