Surfactant-assisted doctor-blading-printed FAPbBr<sub>3</sub> films for efficient semitransparent perovskite solar cells

doi:10.1007/s12200-020-1031-1

Front. Optoelectron.

2020, Vol. 13

Issue (3) : 272-281 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-020-1031-1

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Surfactant-assisted doctor-blading-printed FAPbBr₃ films for efficient semitransparent perovskite solar cells

Hangkai YING¹, Yifan LIU¹, Yuxi DOU¹, Jibo ZHANG¹, Zhenli WU¹, Qi ZHANG^2,³, Yi-Bing CHENG^1,⁴, Jie ZHONG¹(

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¹. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
². School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
³. School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, UK
⁴. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia

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Abstract

Organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells have generated wide interest due to the rapid development of their photovoltaic conversion efficiencies. However, the majority of the reported devices have been fabricated via spin coating with a device area of <1 cm². In this study, we fabricated a wide-bandgap formamidinium lead bromide (FAPbBr₃) film using a cost-effective, high-yielding doctor-blade-coating process. The effects of different surfactants, such as l-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 10 mm and large-area perovskite films of 5 cm × 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.

Keywords semitransparent printing perovskite solar cell (PSC) doctor blading wide bandgap

Corresponding Author(s): Jie ZHONG

Just Accepted Date: 28 June 2020 Online First Date: 20 July 2020 Issue Date: 27 September 2020

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Hangkai YING,Yifan LIU,Yuxi DOU, et al. Surfactant-assisted doctor-blading-printed FAPbBr₃ films for efficient semitransparent perovskite solar cells[J]. Front. Optoelectron., 2020, 13(3): 272-281.

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Fig.1 (a) Descriptive illustration of the blade-coating process. (b) Large-area semitransparent perovskite film with an area of 5 cm × 5 cm. (c) Device structure of a doctor-bladed FAPbBr₃ solar cell

Fig.2 SEM images of the FAPbBr₃ films fabricated via doctor blading (a) without surfactants and with (b) LP; (c) SLS; (d) CTAB; and (e) Tween surfactants. Optical microscopy images of the FAPbBr₃ films fabricated via doctor blading (f) without surfactants and with (g) LP; (h) SLS; (i) CTAB; and (j) Tween surfactants

Fig.3 (a) J–V curves of PSCs with different surfactants; (b) EQE spectra of the best devices prepared using different surfactants; and the effects of the addition of different surfactants on the statistical J–V parameters of the doctor-blading-printed devices: (c) J_sc; (d) V_oc; (e) FF; and (f) PCE

Tab.1 Photovoltaic parameters of PSCs prepared using different surfactants

Fig.4 SEM morphologies of perovskite films prepared at different annealing temperatures: (a) 130°C; (b) 140°C; (c) 150°C; (d) 160°C; (e) 170°C; and (f) 180°C

Fig.5 Characterization of the devices prepared at various temperatures from 130°C to 180°C: (a) UV–vis absorption spectra; (b) X-ray diffraction; (c) J–V curves; and (d) EQE spectra of the best devices

Tab.2 Photovoltaic parameters of blade-coated PSCs at different temperatures

Fig.6 (a) UV–vis transmittance spectra of samples with different stackings of the functional layers (PSK: perovskite); (b) J–V curves of the best devices prepared with different volumes of AgNWs; and (c) optical morphologies of devices without (left) and with (right) the transparent electrode

Tab.3 Photovoltaic parameters of PSCs prepared with different volumes of AgNWs

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