Printable Mesoscopic Perovskite Solar Cells

by Han, Hongwei; Grä; tzel, Michael; Mei, Anyi; Hu, Yue

• ISBN13: 9783527349586
• ISBN10: 3527349588
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2023-06-12
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Summary

Printable Mesoscopic Perovskite Solar Cells

A comprehensive exploration of printable perovskite solar cells and their potential for commercialization

In Printable Mesoscopic Perovskite Solar Cells, a team of distinguished researchers delivers an accessible and incisive discussion of the principles, technologies, and fabrication processes associated with the manufacture and use of perovskite solar cells. The authors detail the properties, characterization methods, and technologies for halide perovskite materials and devices and explain printable processing technologies, mesoscopic anode and cathodes, and spacer layers for printable perovskite solar cells.

In the book, you’ll find expansive discussions of the stability issues inherent in perovskite solar cells and explore the potential for scaling and commercializing the printing of perovskite solar cells, complete with real-world industry data.

Readers will also find:

• A thorough introduction to the background and fundamentals of perovskite solar cells
• Comprehensive explorations of the characterization methods and technologies used with halide perovskite materials and devices
• Practical discussions of printable processing technologies for perovskite solar cells
• Fulsome treatments of the stability issues associated with perovskite solar cells and potential solutions for them

Perfect for materials scientists, solid state physicists and chemists, and electronics engineers, Printable Mesoscopic Perovskite Solar Cells will also benefit surface chemists and physicists.

Author Biography

Hongwei Han is Professor of Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He is the inventor of printable mesoscopic perovskite solar cells.

Michael Grazel is Professor of Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. He is a pioneer in the field of molecular photovoltaics and the development of perovskite solar cells.

Anyi Mei, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. His research is focused on printed mesoscopic solar cell materials and devices.

Yue Hu, PhD, is Associate Professor of Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Her research interest is dye-sensitized solar cells and perovskite solar cells.

Table of Contents

1 BACKGROUND AND BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS
1.1 Background
1.2 Principle of Solar Cells
1.3 Printable Mesoscopic Solar Cells

2 CHARACTERIZATION METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR HALIDE PEROVSKITE MATERIALS AND DEVICES
2.1 Materials
2.2 Device
2.3 Module

3 PRINTABLE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES FOR PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS
3.1 Screen printing
3.2 Slot-die coating
3.3 Doctor blading coating
3.4 Inkjet printing

4 MESOSCOPIC ANODE AND CATHODE FOR PRINTABLE PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS
4.1 Method
4.2 TiO2
4.3 SnO2
4.4 ZnO
4.5 BaSnO3

5 SPACER LAYER FOR PRINTABLE PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS
5.1 Method
5.2 ZrO2
5.3 Al2O3
5.4 SiO2

6 BASIC PROPERTIES OF HALIDE PEROVSKITE MATERIALS
6.1 History
6.2 Principles
6.3 Halide Perovskite
6.4 Inorganic Perovskite
6.5 Pb-free Halide Perovskite

7 PRINTABLE PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS
7.1 Background
7.2 Solution
7.3 Interface
7.4 Stability

8 STABILITY ISSUE AND SOLUTIONS FOR PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS
8.1 Stability of perovskites
8.2 Stability of charge transporting materials
8.3 Stability of electrodes
8.4 Stability of interfaces

9 UPSCALING AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF PRINTABLE PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS
9.1 Module
9.2 Company
9.3 Prospect

10 PERSPECTIVE
10.1 Commercializing
10.2 Exceeding S-Q limit