22 January 2022
Simple and effective deposition method for solar cell perovskite films
using a sheet of paper
Perovskite semiconductor solar cells are a very exciting photovoltaic technology possessing similar efficiencies to silicon but cast or printed in thin films via liquid inks. A new method that uses a simple sheet of paper to deposit the perovskite films that does without any expensive equipment at all has been developed by a team from Tor Vergata University and University of Zanjan. The trick to achieve high performance with this remarkably cheap method is to soak the paper applicator in anti-solvent which almost doubles efficiencies compared to when using it dry, reaching 11% on flexible plastic substrates. Paper, compared to other soft applicators, possesses the right porosity and smoothness for deposition of high quality perovskite films.
Video of the method can be watched on CHOSE Youtube channel:
https://youtu.be/4qrKZtuc1HoResults are published in iScience 25, 103712 (2022)
https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(21)01682-5
For more information download the press release
