Title
Conformal monolayer contacts with lossless interfaces for perovskite single junction and monolithic tandem solar cells
Date Issued
01 November 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Al-Ashouri A.
Magomedov A.
Roß M.
Jošt M.
Talaikis M.
Chistiakova G.
Bertram T.
Márquez J.A.
Köhnen E.
Kasparavičius E.
Levcenco S.
Gil-Escrig L.
Hages C.J.
Schlatmann R.
Malinauskas T.
Unold T.
Kaufmann C.A.
Korte L.
Niaura G.
Getautis V.
Albrecht S.
Institute for Silicon Photovoltaics
Publisher(s)
Royal Society of Chemistry
Abstract
The rapid rise of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is increasingly limited by the available charge-selective contacts. This work introduces two new hole-selective contacts for p-i-n PSCs that outperform all typical p-contacts in versatility, scalability and PSC power-conversion efficiency (PCE). The molecules are based on carbazole bodies with phosphonic acid anchoring groups and can form self-Assembled monolayers (SAMs) on various oxides. Besides minimal material consumption and parasitic absorption, the self-Assembly process enables conformal coverage of arbitrarily formed oxide surfaces with simple process control. The SAMs are designed to create an energetically aligned interface to the perovskite absorber without non-radiative losses. For three different perovskite compositions, one of which is prepared by co-evaporation, we show dopant-, additive-and interlayer-free PSCs with stabilized PCEs of up to 21.1%. Further, the conformal coverage allows to realize a monolithic CIGSe/perovskite tandem solar cell with as-deposited, rough CIGSe surface and certified efficiency of 23.26% on an active area of 1 cm2. The simplicity and diverse substrate compatibility of the SAMs might help to further progress perovskite photovoltaics towards a low-cost, widely adopted solar technology.
Start page
3356
End page
3369
Volume
12
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de materiales
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85074822882
Source
Energy and Environmental Science
ISSN of the container
17545692
Sponsor(s)
The authors thank M. Gabernig, C. Ferber, T. Lußky, H. Heinz, C. Klimm and M. Muske at Institute for Silicon Photovoltaics (HZB), T. Hänel, B. Bunn, K. Mayer-Stillrich, M. Kirsch, S. Stutzke and J. Lauche at PVcomB (HZB) for technical assistance. For XPS and UPS measurements, the Energy Materials In-Situ Laboratory (EMIL), R. Wilks and J. Frisch are acknowledged. Funding was provided by German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) (grant no. 03SF0540) within the project ‘‘Materialforschung für die Energiewende’’, (BMWi) project ‘‘EFFCIS’’ (grant no. 0324076B). A. M. and T. M. acknowledge funding by the Research Council of Lithuania under grant agreement no. S-MIP-19-5/SV3-1079 of the SAM project. G. N. gratefully acknowledges the Center of Spectroscopic Characterization of Materials and Electronic/Molecular Processes (SPECTRO-VERSUM Infrastructure) for use of their FTIR spectrometer. T. B. acknowledges funding from the BMWi project Speedcigs (grant no. 0324095D). The authors acknowledge the HyPerCells graduate school for support and the funding by the Helmholtz Foundation for the HySPRINT Innovation lab which was supported by the Helmholtz Energy Materials Foundry (HEMF). The research leading to these results has partly received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 763977 of the PerTPV project.
Helmholtz Foundation
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme - H2020
Lietuvos Mokslo Taryba - 0324095D, S-MIP-19-5/SV3-1079
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