Title
Efficient Light Management by Textured Nanoimprinted Layers for Perovskite Solar Cells
Date Issued
17 May 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Jošt M.
Albrecht S.
Kegelmann L.
Wolff C.
Lang F.
Lipovšek B.
Krč J.
Korte L.
Neher D.
Topič M.
Technische Universität Berlin, Fakultät IV-Elektrotechnik und Informatik
Publisher(s)
American Chemical Society
Abstract
Inorganic-organic perovskites like methylammonium-lead-iodide have proven to be an effective class of materials for fabricating efficient solar cells. To improve their performance, light management techniques using textured surfaces, similar to those used in established solar cell technologies, should be considered. Here, we apply a light management foil created by UV nanoimprint lithography on the glass side of an inverted (p-i-n) perovskite solar cell with 16.3% efficiency. The obtained 1 mA cm-2 increase in the short-circuit current density translates to a relative improvement in cell performance of 5%, which results in a power conversion efficiency of 17.1%. Optical 3D simulations based on experimentally obtained parameters were used to support the experimental findings. A good match between the simulated and experimental data was obtained, validating the model. Optical simulations reveal that the main improvement in device performance is due to a reduction in total reflection and that relative improvement in the short-circuit current density of up to 10% is possible for large-area devices. Therefore, our results present the potential of light management foils for improving the device performance of perovskite solar cells and pave the way for further use of optical simulations in the field of perovskite solar cells.
Start page
1232
End page
1239
Volume
4
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología celular, Microbiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85019617508
Source
ACS Photonics
Sponsor(s)
Additional financial support was provided by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within the research initiative Materialforschung fur die Energiewende (Grant No. 03SF0540), by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) through the PersiST project (Grant No. 0324037C), and by the Bavarian Ministry for Economics Media, Energy and Technology through the joint project Hi-ERN.
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