Efficient and Thermally Stable Wide Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells by Dual-Source Vacuum Deposition


Gil-Escrig L., Susic I., Doğan İ., Zardetto V., Najafi M., Zhang D., ...More

Advanced Functional Materials, vol.33, no.31, 2023 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 33 Issue: 31
  • Publication Date: 2023
  • Doi Number: 10.1002/adfm.202214357
  • Journal Name: Advanced Functional Materials
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Applied Science & Technology Source, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, INSPEC, MEDLINE, Metadex, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Keywords: 4T-tandem, perovskite solar cells, semi transparent perovskites, thermal stability, vacuum deposition
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Wide bandgap perovskites are being widely studied in view of their potential applications in tandem devices and other semitransparent photovoltaics. Vacuum deposition of perovskite thin films is advantageous as it allows the fabrication of multilayer devices, fine control over thickness and purity, and it can be upscaled to meet production needs. However, the vacuum processing of multicomponent perovskites (typically used to achieve wide bandgaps) is not straightforward, because one needs to simultaneously control several thermal sources during the deposition. Here a simplified dual-source vacuum deposition method to obtain wide bandgap perovskite films is shown. The solar cells obtained with these materials have similar or even larger efficiency as those including multiple A-cations, but are much more thermally stable, up to 3500 h at 85 °C for a perovskite with a bandgap of 1.64 eV. With optimized thickness, record efficiency of >19% and semitransparent devices with stabilized power output in excess of 17% are achieved.