Polymer-acid-metal quasi-ohmic contact for stable perovskite solar cells beyond a 20,000-hour extrapolated lifetime
Abstract The development of a robust quasi-ohmic contact with minimal resistance, good stability and cost-effectiveness is crucial for perovskite solar cells. We introduce a generic approach featuring a Lewis-acid layer sandwiched between dopant-free semicrystalline polymer and metal electrode in pe...
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| author | Junsheng Luo Bowen Liu Haomiao Yin Xin Zhou Mingjian Wu Hongyang Shi Jiyun Zhang Jack Elia Kaicheng Zhang Jianchang Wu Zhiqiang Xie Chao Liu Junyu Yuan Zhongquan Wan Thomas Heumueller Larry Lüer Erdmann Spiecker Ning Li Chunyang Jia Christoph J. Brabec Yicheng Zhao |
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| description | Abstract The development of a robust quasi-ohmic contact with minimal resistance, good stability and cost-effectiveness is crucial for perovskite solar cells. We introduce a generic approach featuring a Lewis-acid layer sandwiched between dopant-free semicrystalline polymer and metal electrode in perovskite solar cells, resulting in an ideal quasi-ohmic contact even at elevated temperature up to 85 °C. The solubility of Lewis acid in alcohol facilitates nondestructive solution processing on top of polymer, which boosts hole injection from polymer into metal by two orders of magnitude. By integrating the polymer-acid-metal structure into solar cells, devices exhibit remarkable resilience, retaining 96% ± 3%, 96% ± 2% and 75% ± 7% of their initial efficiencies after continuous operation in nitrogen at 35 °C for 2212 h, 55 °C for 1650 h and 85 °C for 937 h, respectively. Leveraging the Arrhenius relation, we project an impressive T 80 lifetime of 26,126 h at 30 °C. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e6f7878e61994854beb08b119045c9442024-03-17T12:32:11ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232024-03-011511910.1038/s41467-024-46145-7Polymer-acid-metal quasi-ohmic contact for stable perovskite solar cells beyond a 20,000-hour extrapolated lifetimeJunsheng Luo0Bowen Liu1Haomiao Yin2Xin Zhou3Mingjian Wu4Hongyang Shi5Jiyun Zhang6Jack Elia7Kaicheng Zhang8Jianchang Wu9Zhiqiang Xie10Chao Liu11Junyu Yuan12Zhongquan Wan13Thomas Heumueller14Larry Lüer15Erdmann Spiecker16Ning Li17Chunyang Jia18Christoph J. Brabec19Yicheng Zhao20National Key Laboratory of Electronic Films and Integrated Devices, School of Integrated Circuit Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaInstitute of Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET), Department of Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-NürnbergNational Key Laboratory of Electronic Films and Integrated Devices, School of Integrated Circuit Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaInstitute of Micro- and Nanostructure Research & Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy (CENEM), Department of Materials Science, FriedrichAlexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergInstitute of Micro- and Nanostructure Research & Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy (CENEM), Department of Materials Science, FriedrichAlexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergInstitute of Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET), Department of Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-NürnbergInstitute of Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET), Department of Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-NürnbergInstitute of Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET), Department of Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-NürnbergInstitute of Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET), Department of Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-NürnbergInstitute of Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET), Department of Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-NürnbergInstitute of Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET), Department of Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-NürnbergInstitute of Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET), Department of Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-NürnbergShenzhen Institute for Advanced Study, University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaNational Key Laboratory of Electronic Films and Integrated Devices, School of Integrated Circuit Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaInstitute of Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET), Department of Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-NürnbergInstitute of Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET), Department of Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-NürnbergInstitute of Micro- and Nanostructure Research & Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy (CENEM), Department of Materials Science, FriedrichAlexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergInstitute of Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET), Department of Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-NürnbergNational Key Laboratory of Electronic Films and Integrated Devices, School of Integrated Circuit Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaInstitute of Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET), Department of Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-NürnbergNational Key Laboratory of Electronic Films and Integrated Devices, School of Integrated Circuit Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaAbstract The development of a robust quasi-ohmic contact with minimal resistance, good stability and cost-effectiveness is crucial for perovskite solar cells. We introduce a generic approach featuring a Lewis-acid layer sandwiched between dopant-free semicrystalline polymer and metal electrode in perovskite solar cells, resulting in an ideal quasi-ohmic contact even at elevated temperature up to 85 °C. The solubility of Lewis acid in alcohol facilitates nondestructive solution processing on top of polymer, which boosts hole injection from polymer into metal by two orders of magnitude. By integrating the polymer-acid-metal structure into solar cells, devices exhibit remarkable resilience, retaining 96% ± 3%, 96% ± 2% and 75% ± 7% of their initial efficiencies after continuous operation in nitrogen at 35 °C for 2212 h, 55 °C for 1650 h and 85 °C for 937 h, respectively. Leveraging the Arrhenius relation, we project an impressive T 80 lifetime of 26,126 h at 30 °C.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46145-7 |
| spellingShingle | Junsheng Luo Bowen Liu Haomiao Yin Xin Zhou Mingjian Wu Hongyang Shi Jiyun Zhang Jack Elia Kaicheng Zhang Jianchang Wu Zhiqiang Xie Chao Liu Junyu Yuan Zhongquan Wan Thomas Heumueller Larry Lüer Erdmann Spiecker Ning Li Chunyang Jia Christoph J. Brabec Yicheng Zhao Polymer-acid-metal quasi-ohmic contact for stable perovskite solar cells beyond a 20,000-hour extrapolated lifetime Nature Communications |
| title | Polymer-acid-metal quasi-ohmic contact for stable perovskite solar cells beyond a 20,000-hour extrapolated lifetime |
| title_full | Polymer-acid-metal quasi-ohmic contact for stable perovskite solar cells beyond a 20,000-hour extrapolated lifetime |
| title_fullStr | Polymer-acid-metal quasi-ohmic contact for stable perovskite solar cells beyond a 20,000-hour extrapolated lifetime |
| title_full_unstemmed | Polymer-acid-metal quasi-ohmic contact for stable perovskite solar cells beyond a 20,000-hour extrapolated lifetime |
| title_short | Polymer-acid-metal quasi-ohmic contact for stable perovskite solar cells beyond a 20,000-hour extrapolated lifetime |
| title_sort | polymer acid metal quasi ohmic contact for stable perovskite solar cells beyond a 20 000 hour extrapolated lifetime |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46145-7 |
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