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Science & Technology, Physical Sciences, Technology, Chemistry, Physical, Energy & Fuels, Materials Science, Multidisciplinary, Chemistry, Materials Science, SOLAR-CELLS, EFFICIENT, CRYSTALLIZATION, FILMS, ORGANIC SOLAR-CELLS, THIN-FILMS, GROWTH, 0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry, 0912 Materials Engineering, 0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering, 3403 Macromolecular and materials chemistry, 4004 Chemical engineering, 4016 Materials engineering

Abstract:

© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2016. Transitioning perovskite photovoltaics from the rapid progress in lab-scale devices to industrially viable large area modules is a key challenge for the economic breakthrough of the technology. In this work, we demonstrate ultrasonic spray coating as a scalable and versatile linear deposition technique for high efficiency perovskite photovoltaics. We show the versatility of concurrently pumped ultrasonic spray coating by rapidly and precisely optimizing precursor ratios based on PbCl2, Pb(CH3CO2)2·3H2O, PbBr2, CH3NH3Br, and CH3NH3I to achieve highly crystalline and pinhole-free layers. Initial power conversion efficiencies of 15.7% for small scale devices and 11.7% for 3.8 cm2modules were achieved with current-voltage sweeps and tracked to 13.4% for devices and 10.4% for modules under continuous illumination and bias at the maximum power point. Process versatility is further demonstrated with the in situ bandgap control in CH3NH3PbIxBr3-xlayers.