Nanophotonics (Feb 2022)

Nonthermal laser ablation of high-efficiency semitransparent and aesthetic perovskite solar cells

  • Zhao Junjie,
  • Chai Nianyao,
  • Chen Xiangyu,
  • Yue Yunfan,
  • Cheng Yi-Bing,
  • Qiu Jianrong,
  • Wang Xuewen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2021-0683
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 5
pp. 987 – 993

Abstract

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Perovskite solar cells (PSC) offer a promising solution for building integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs) due to its high photoelectric conversion efficiency (PCE). However, increasing the transparency of their functional layers dramatically decreases the PCE. Here, a computer controlled laser patterning method was proposed to directly turn PSC modules into semitransparent and with aesthetic artificial pattern, without additional complexities to the conventional PSCs fabrication process. A structured ST-PSC achieving a champion PCE of 17.5% with average visible transparency (AVT) of 18.2%, and a mini-module with 5 × 5 cm2 delivering a PCE of 9.1% with AVT of 37.7% were demonstrated. Rationally designed aesthetic patterns were imprinted on mini-modules, achieving a PCE of 14.4%. These results reveal a new route for low-cost facile fabricating high performance large-area aesthetic BIPV modules, and represent a big step forward toward the fabrication of solar cells with high efficiency and high transparency.

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