A Facile Approach for the Encapsulation of Perovskite Solar Cells

Yibo Xu; Rui Xia; Jifan Gao; Shubo Wang; Jun Zhu; Weicheng Xiong; Ningyi Yuan; Jianning Ding

doi:10.3390/en16020598

Energies (Jan 2023)

A Facile Approach for the Encapsulation of Perovskite Solar Cells

Yibo Xu,
Rui Xia,
Jifan Gao,
Shubo Wang,
Jun Zhu,
Weicheng Xiong,
Ningyi Yuan,
Jianning Ding

Affiliations

Yibo Xu: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Province Cultivation Base for State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Science and Technology, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
Rui Xia: State Key Lab of Photovoltaic Science and Technology, Trina Solar, Changzhou 213031, China
Jifan Gao: State Key Lab of Photovoltaic Science and Technology, Trina Solar, Changzhou 213031, China
Shubo Wang: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Province Cultivation Base for State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Science and Technology, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
Jun Zhu: State Key Lab of Photovoltaic Science and Technology, Trina Solar, Changzhou 213031, China
Weicheng Xiong: Changzhou Betterial Film Technologies Co., Ltd., Changzhou 213031, China
Ningyi Yuan: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Province Cultivation Base for State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Science and Technology, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
Jianning Ding: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Province Cultivation Base for State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Science and Technology, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en16020598
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 2
p. 598

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Effectively encapsulating perovskite solar cells (PSCs) to enhance the external reliability is the key towards commercialization. We herein propose a facile encapsulation method by introducing conductive ribbons and a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) backsheet on both sides of PSC. Via applying thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) encapsulant, we implemented PSCs with fine encapsulation, enabling considerable durability in the ambient atmosphere and even with water immersion, demonstrating almost no degradation in the device output, which is ascribed to the low water vapor transmission rate as well as the high chemical stability of TPO. The operation reliability of the encapsulated cell is also significantly increased, maintaining 80% of the initial efficiency after 770 hours’ light illumination in an ambient atmosphere. This novel encapsulation route provides a feasible idea for the commercial application of PSCs in the future.

Published in Energies

ISSN: 1996-1073 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies

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