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The first demonstration of entirely roll-to-roll fabricated perovskite solar cell modules under ambient room conditions

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Weerasinghe, Hasitha C 
Macadam, Nasiruddin 
Sutherland, Luke J 
Angmo, Dechan 

Abstract

The rapid development of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells has resulted in laboratory-scale devices having power conversion efficiencies that are competitive with commercialised technologies. However, hybrid perovskite solar cells are yet to make an impact beyond the research community, with translation to large-area devices fabricated by industry-relevant manufacturing methods remaining a critical challenge. Here we report the first demonstration of hybrid perovskite solar cell modules, comprising serially-interconnected cells, produced entirely using industrial roll-to-roll printing tools under ambient room conditions. As part of this development, costly vacuum-deposited metal electrodes are replaced with printed carbon electrodes. A high-throughput experiment involving the analysis of batches of 1,600 cells produced using 20 parameter combinations enabled rapid optimisation over a large parameter space. The optimised roll-to-roll fabricated hybrid perovskite solar cells show power conversion efficiencies of up to 15.5% for individual small-area cells and 11.0% for serially-interconnected cells in large-area modules. Based on the devices produced in this work, a cost of ~0.7 USD W-1 is predicted for a production rate of 1,000,000 m² per year in Australia, with potential for further significant cost reductions.

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34 Chemical Sciences, 3406 Physical Chemistry

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Nature Communications

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2041-1723
2041-1723

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Nature Portfolio
Sponsorship
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (2017/RND012)
ARENA grant: 2017/RND012

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