Simple and effective deposition method for solar cell perovskite films using a sheet of paper

Nazila Zarabinia; Giulia Lucarelli; Reza Rasuli; Francesca De Rossi; Babak Taheri; Hamed Javanbakht; Francesca Brunetti; Thomas M. Brown

iScience (Feb 2022)

Simple and effective deposition method for solar cell perovskite films using a sheet of paper

Nazila Zarabinia,
Giulia Lucarelli,
Reza Rasuli,
Francesca De Rossi,
Babak Taheri,
Hamed Javanbakht,
Francesca Brunetti,
Thomas M. Brown

Affiliations

Nazila Zarabinia: Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran
Giulia Lucarelli: CHOSE (Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy), Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Reza Rasuli: Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran
Francesca De Rossi: CHOSE (Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy), Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Babak Taheri: CHOSE (Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy), Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Hamed Javanbakht: CHOSE (Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy), Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Francesca Brunetti: CHOSE (Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy), Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Thomas M. Brown: CHOSE (Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy), Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; Corresponding author

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 25, no. 2
p. 103712

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Summary: Most laboratories employ spin coating with application of antisolvent to achieve high efficiency in perovskite solar cells. However, this method wastes a lot of material and is not industrially usable. Conversely, large area coating techniques such as blade and slot-die require high precision engineering both for deposition of ink and for gas or for electromagnetic drying procedures that replace, out of necessity, anti-solvent engineering. Here we present a simple and effective method to deposit uniform high-quality perovskite films with a piece of paper as an applicator at low temperatures. We fabricated solar cells on flexible PET substrates manually with 11% power conversion efficiency. Deposition after soaking the sheet of paper in a green antisolvent improved the efficiency by 82% compared to when using dry paper as applicator. This new technique enables manual film deposition without any expensive equipment and has the potential to be fully automated for future optimization and exploitation.

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ISSN: 2589-0042 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science
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