Rapid, low-temperature, air plasma sintering of mesoporous titania electron transporting layers in perovskite solar cells

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Authors

VIDA Július POSPISIL Jan SOUČEK Pavel WEITER Martin HOMOLA Tomáš

Year of publication 2023
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112562
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112562
Keywords Perovskite solar cell; Plasma sintering; Electron transport layer; Mesoporous TiO2; Low-temperature sintering
Description Reducing the sintering temperature and time of mesoporous titanium dioxide (m-TiO2) from the standard thermal approach of baking at 500 °C for 1 h is an important step for employment of mesoscopic perovskite solar cells (PSCs). We present a robust method based on atmospheric pressure ambient air plasma of the diffuse coplanar surface barrier discharge (DCSBD) for sintering of m-TiO2 in 2.5 min at 70 °C. When implemented in PSCs as an electron transport layer an efficiency of (15.8 ± 1.0) % was achieved, which is on the same level as a standard thermal approach. The organic moieties which hinder the perovskite infiltration into the porous structure were removed to a similar extent as the thermal sintering. The approach does not affect the conduction band alignment with the perovskite absorber and an appropriate energy offset is preserved.
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