Journal
NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 11, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGEROPEN
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-016-1259-2
Keywords
Planar perovskite solar cells; Thin films; Spray coating; Ultrasonic substrate vibration; Substrate vibration-assisted spray coating (SVASC)
Funding
- Shanghai Municipal Educational Commission
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
- Postdoctoral Foundation of China
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In this paper, a scalable and fast process is developed and employed for the fabrication of the perovskite light harvesting layer in inverted planar heterojunction solar cell (FTO/ PEDOT:PSS/CH3NH3PbI3-xClx/PCBM/Al). Perovskite precursor solutions are sprayed onto an ultrasonically vibrating substrate in two sequential steps via a process herein termed as the two-step sequential substrate vibration-assisted spray coating (2S-SVASC). The gentle imposed ultrasonic vibration on the substrate promotes droplet spreading and coalescence, surface wetting, evaporation, mixing of reagents, and uniform growth of perovskite nanocrystals. The role of the substrate temperature, substrate vibration intensity, and the time interval between the two sequential sprays are studied on the roughness, coverage, and crystalline structure of perovskite thin films. We demonstrate that a combination of a long time interval between spraying of precursor solutions (15 min), a high substrate temperature (120 degrees C), and a mild substrate vibration power (5 W) results in a favorable morphology and surface quality. The characteristics and performance of prepared perovskite thin films made via the 2S-SVASC technique are compared with those of the co-sprayed perovskite thin films. The maximum power conversion efficiency of 5.08 % on a 0.3-cm(2) active area is obtained for the device made via the scalable 2S-SVASC technique.
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