Preparation of high-performance large-area perovskite solar cells by atomic layer deposition of metal oxide buffer layer

Qu Zi-Han; Zhao Yang; Ma Fei; You Jing-Bi

doi:10.7498/aps.73.20240218

Abstract

Perovskite solar cells have been widely recognized as the most promising new-type photovoltaic device due to its power conversion efficiency rapidly increasing from 3.8% to over 26% in merely fifteen years. However, the high performances are achieved mainly on small area cells with an active area lower than 0.1 cm². When enlarging the active area of perovskite solar cells, the efficiency falls dramatically. So, how to reduce the gap between performances of small area cells and large area cells gradually becomes a critical point in the path towards the commercialization of perovskite photovoltaic technology. Herein, a strategy of pre-growing thin layer of TiO₂ on a rough FTO substrate by atomic layer deposition method before spin-coating SnO₂ nanoparticles is proposed. Due to the inherent conformal film growth mode of atomic layer deposition, the FTO substrate can be completely covered by TiO₂, thus preventing the direct contact between local protrusions of FTO and perovskite layer and impeding the current leakage phenomenon, which can be verified by the measurements from X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy, and further proved by the dark current measurement. By using this method, the repeatability and consistency of the small area cell fabrication technology on the same substrate are improved obviously. The improved electron transport process revealed by photoluminescence results and incident light management process revealed by external quantum efficiency results also brings about better solar cell performances. More importantly, highly efficient 0.5 cm² large area perovskite solar cells are fabricated through optimization of TiO₂ thickness. When growing 200 cycles TiO₂ (~9 nm in thickness) by using atomic layer deposition technology, the champion large area perovskite solar cell possesses a power conversion efficiency as high as 24.8% (certified 24.65%). The device performances also show excellent repeatability between different fabrication batches. The perovskite solar cell with TiO₂ buffer layer grown by the atomic layer deposition method can still retain over 95% of its initial efficiency after having been stored in a nitrogen atmosphere for 1500 h. The technique proposed in this paper can be helpful in manufacturing perovskite solar cell modules in the realistic photovoltaic market and can be extended to the large area fabrication of other perovskite optoelectronic devices such as light emitting diode, laser and detector.

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1.
Laboratory of Semiconductor Physics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
2.
Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Corresponding author: You Jing-Bi, jyou@semi.ac.cn

Funds: Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2020YFB1506400).

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图 1 FTO衬底上有无ALD生长TiO₂样品的XPS结果, 其中(a) 扫描全谱, (b) Ti的2p轨道, (c) Sn的3d轨道; 样品表面SEM结果, 其中 (d) FTO衬底, (e) FTO/TiO₂, (f) FTO/TiO₂/SnO₂

Figure 1. XPS results of FTO substrate with and without ALD grown TiO₂: (a) Full spectrum; (b) Ti 2p orbit; (c) Sn 3d orbit. Surface SEM results: (d) FTO substrate; (e) FTO/TiO₂; (f) FTO/TiO₂/SnO₂

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图 2 三种条件样品的(a)—(c)截面SEM结果和(d)—(f)表面AFM结果　(a), (d) FTO衬底; (b), (e) FTO/TiO₂; (c), (f) FTO/TiO₂/SnO₂

Figure 2. (a)–(c) Cross-section SEM results and (d)–(f) surface AFM results for (a), (d) FTO substrate; (b), (e) FTO/TiO₂; (c), (f) FTO/TiO₂/SnO₂

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图 3 单独SnO₂上和TiO₂/SnO₂上生长钙钛矿的光致发光测试结果　(a) 稳态荧光; (b) 时间分辨荧光

Figure 3. Photoluminescence results for perovskite grown on SnO₂ or TiO₂/SnO₂: (a) Steady state photoluminescence; (b) time-resolved photoluminescence.

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图 4 有无TiO₂层的小面积钙钛矿太阳电池测试结果　(a) 快速单次J-V扫描曲线; (b) 慢速正向和反向扫描J-V曲线; (c) 外量子效率随波长变化和积分电流密度随波长累加曲线; (d) 暗态电流-电压曲线

Figure 4. Measurement results of small area perovskite solar cells with or without TiO₂ layer: (a) Single J-V sweep curve under fast scan mode; (b) reverse and forward J-V sweep curves under slow scan mode; (c) EQE and accumulated integrated current density versus wavelength curves; (d) current-voltage curves under dark environment.

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图 5 0.5 cm²大面积钙钛矿太阳电池测试结果　(a) 不同TiO₂厚度电池性能对比; (b) 电池制备工艺重复性; (c) 冠军电池快速单次J-V扫描曲线(内插图为第三方认证结果); (d) 冠军电池慢速正向和反向扫描J-V曲线

Figure 5. Measurement results for 0.5 cm² large area perovskite solar cells: (a) Solar cell performances comparison of different TiO₂ thicknesses; (b) repeatability of solar cell fabrication technology; (c) single J-V sweep curve under fast scan mode for champion cell (inset graph: certified result); (d) reverse and forward J-V sweep curves under slow scan mode for champion cell.

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图 6 有无TiO₂层的钙钛矿太阳电池在氮气氛围中长期放置稳定性

Figure 6. Long term storage stability under nitrogen atmosphere of perovskite solar cells with or without TiO₂ layer.

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表 1 有无ALD生长的金属氧化物缓冲层制备的整块器件分割出的子电池效率

Table 1. Power conversion efficiency of the sub-cells from the whole device with or without ALD grown metal oxide buffer layer.

电子传输层 F1-PCE /% F2-PCE
/% F3-PCE
/% F4-PCE
/%

旋涂SnO₂ 25.40 24.95 25.76 8.72
ALD SnO₂/旋涂SnO₂ 24.27 25.74 25.16 25.29
ALD TiO₂/旋涂SnO₂ 25.92 26.46 26.21 25.92

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表 2 有无ALD生长的TiO₂整块器件上性能最佳子电池的各项参数

Table 2. Performance parameters of the best sub-cell on the whole device with or without ALD grown TiO₂.

电子传输层 V_OC/V J_SC/(mA·cm^–2) FF/% PCE/% Reverse PCE, forward PCE/%

SnO₂ 1.17 26.00 84.65 25.76 25.25/24.87

TiO₂/SnO₂ 1.18 26.30 85.19 26.46 25.99/25.81

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表 3 不同TiO₂生长循环数制备的大面积钙钛矿太阳电池性能参数

Table 3. Performance parameters of large area perovskite solar cells fabricated based on TiO₂ grown by different cycles.

TiO₂生长循
环数/cycle V_OC/V J_SC/(mA·cm^–2) FF/% PCE/%

0 1.17 24.44 74.36 21.33
100 1.17 25.39 76.11 22.65
200 1.18 25.45 79.86 24.07
400 1.17 25.39 61.57 18.23

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