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Carbon‐Electrode‐Tailored All‐Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells To Harvest Solar and Water‐Vapor Energy
Author(s) -
Duan Jialong,
Hu Tianyu,
Zhao Yuanyuan,
He Benlin,
Tang Qunwei
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201801837
Subject(s) - water vapor , energy conversion efficiency , materials science , perovskite (structure) , relative humidity , carbon fibers , solar energy , chemical engineering , moisture , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , chemistry , meteorology , composite material , organic chemistry , electrical engineering , physics , composite number , engineering
Moisture is the worst enemy for state‐of‐the‐art perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, the flowing water vapor within nanoporous carbonaceous materials can create potentials. Therefore, it is a challenge to integrate water vapor and solar energies into a single PSC device. We demonstrate herein all‐inorganic cesium lead bromide (CsPbBr 3 ) solar cells tailored with carbon electrodes to simultaneously harvest solar and water‐vapor energy. Upon interfacial modification and plasma treatment, the bifunctional PSCs yield a maximum power conversion efficiency up to 9.43 % under one sun irradiation according to photoelectric conversion principle and a power output of 0.158 μW with voltage of 0.35 V and current of 0.45 μA in 80 % relative humidity through the flowing potentials at the carbon/water interface. The initial efficiency is only reduced by 2 % on exposing the inorganic PSC with 80 % humidity over 40 days. The successful realization of physical proof‐of‐concept multi‐energy integrated solar cells provides new opportunities of maximizing overall power output.