Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 9, Issue 7, Pages 5974-5981Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b13868
Keywords
perovskite solar cells; large area; modified two-step method; photoluminescence image; uniformity; repeatability
Funding
- Australian Government through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- ARC
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With rapid progress in recent years, organohalide perovskite solar cells (PSC) are promising candidates for a new generation of highly efficient thin-film photovoltaic technologies, for which up-scaling is an essential step toward commercialization. In this work, we propose a modified two-step method to deposit the CH3NH3PbI3 (MAPIA(3)) perovskite film that improves the uniformity, photovoltaic performance, and repeatability of large-area perovskite solar cells. This method is based on the commonly used two-step method, with one additional process involving treating the perovskite film with concentrated methylammonium iodide (MAI) solution. This additional treatment is proved to be helpful for tailoring the residual PbI2 level to an optimal range that is favorable for both optical absorption and inhibition of recombination. Scanning electron microscopy and photoluminescence image analysis further reveal that, compared to the standard two-step and one-step methods, this method is very robust for achieving uniform and pinhole-free large area films. This is validated by the photovoltaic performance of the prototype devices with an active area of 1 cm(2), where we achieved the champion efficiency of similar to 14.5% and an average efficiency of similar to 13.5%, with excellent reproducibility
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