Meniscus-assisted solution printing of large-grained perovskite films for high-efficiency solar cells

Ming He; Bo Li; Xun Cui; Beibei Jiang; Yanjie He; Yihuang Chen; Daniel O’Neil; Paul Szymanski; Mostafa A. EI-Sayed; Jinsong Huang; Zhiqun Lin

doi:10.1038/ncomms16045

Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

Meniscus-assisted solution printing of large-grained perovskite films for high-efficiency solar cells

Ming He,
Bo Li,
Xun Cui,
Beibei Jiang,
Yanjie He,
Yihuang Chen,
Daniel O’Neil,
Paul Szymanski,
Mostafa A. EI-Sayed,
Jinsong Huang,
Zhiqun Lin

Affiliations

Ming He: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Bo Li: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Xun Cui: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Beibei Jiang: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Yanjie He: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Yihuang Chen: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Daniel O’Neil: Laser Dynamics Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology
Paul Szymanski: Laser Dynamics Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mostafa A. EI-Sayed: Laser Dynamics Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jinsong Huang: Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Zhiqun Lin: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16045
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The morphology control of metal halide perovskite crystalline films is of importance to enable high-performance solar cells. Here, Heet al. use a meniscus-assisted solution-based method to print microsized perovskite grains at 60 °C, which results in high optoelectronic device efficiency of 20%.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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