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Design of Perovskite Thermally Co‐Evaporated Highly Efficient Mini‐Modules with High Geometrical Fill Factors
Author(s) -
Li Jia,
Dewi Herlina Arianita,
Wang Hao,
Lew Jia Haur,
Mathews Nripan,
Mhaisalkar Subodh,
Bruno Annalisa
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
solar rrl
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.544
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2367-198X
DOI - 10.1002/solr.202000473
Subject(s) - materials science , energy conversion efficiency , perovskite (structure) , photovoltaics , substrate (aquarium) , evaporation , photovoltaic system , optoelectronics , deposition (geology) , nanotechnology , scaling , chemical engineering , electrical engineering , engineering , oceanography , physics , geometry , mathematics , paleontology , sediment , biology , thermodynamics , geology
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have emerged as a promising technology for next‐generation photovoltaics thanks to their high power‐conversion‐efficiency (PCE). Scaling up PSCs using industrially compatible processes is a key requirement to make them suitable for a variety of applications. Herein, large‐area PSCs and perovskite solar modules (PSMs) are developed based on co‐evaporated MAPbI 3 using optimized structures and active area designs to enhance PCEs and geometrical fill factors (GFFs). Small‐area co‐evaporated PSCs (0.16 cm 2 ) achieve PCE over 19%. When the PSCs are scaled‐up, the thin films high quality allows them to maintain consistent V oc and J sc , while their fill factors (FF), which depend on the substrate sheet resistance, are substantially compromised. However, PSCs with active areas from 1.4 to 7 cm 2 show a substantially improved FF when rectangular designs with optimized length to width ratios are used. Reasoning these results in the PSM design with optimal subcell size and for specific dead areas, a 6.4 cm 2 PSM is demonstrated with a record 18.4% PCE and a GFF of ≈91%. Combining the high uniformity of the co‐evaporation deposition with active areas design, it is possible to scale up 40 times the PSCs with PCE losses smaller than 0.7% (absolute value).