Indoor light harvesting perovskite solar cells on conducting oxide-free ultrathin deformable substrates
Valluvar Oli, Arivazhagan and Ivaturi, Aruna (2024) Indoor light harvesting perovskite solar cells on conducting oxide-free ultrathin deformable substrates. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 7 (15). pp. 6096-6104. ISSN 2574-0962 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.3c02581)
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Abstract
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are receiving renewed interest since they have reached high power conversion efficiency (PCE) and show potential for application not only on rigid and flexible substrates but also on mechanically deformable substrates for integration on nonplanar curvilinear surfaces. Here we demonstrate PSCs fabricated on transparent conducting oxide-free ultrathin polyethylene terephthalate substrates capable of efficiently harvesting indoor light even under compressive strain. Interface engineering with poly(bis(4-phenyl)(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amine) improved the shunt resistance and band alignment at the perovskite-hole transport layer interface, which resulted in enhanced charge extraction, leading to 114% improvement in PCE from 5.57 to 11.91% under 500 lx indoor white LED (4000 K) illumination. The champion device exhibited a PCE of 18.37% under 250 lx cool white LED (4000 K) light. The maximum power output (Pmax) of the devices varied from 13.78 to 25.38 μW/cm2 by changing the indoor light illumination from 250 to 1000 lx, respectively. Moreover, the devices showed impressive performance even after mechanical deformation and retained 83 and 76% for 1 sun and indoor light, respectively, under 30% compressive strain. Our approach paves the way for fabrication of efficient indoor light harvesting PSCs on mechanically deformable substrates for integration on nonplanar surfaces prone to compressive strain.
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Item type: Article ID code: 89998 Dates: DateEvent12 August 2024Published22 July 2024Published Online31 March 2024Accepted4 October 2023SubmittedSubjects: Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > Production of electric energy or power Department: Faculty of Science > Pure and Applied Chemistry
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Strategic Research Themes > EnergyDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 23 Jul 2024 12:51 Last modified: 01 Oct 2024 14:36 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/89998