journal article·2020-12-28Open access

Perovskite Solar Cells with Low-Cost TiO2 Mesoporous Photoanodes Prepared by Rapid Low-Temperature (70 °C) Plasma Processing

Tomáš Homola, Jan Pospisil, Masoud Shekargoftar, Tomáš Svoboda, Matej Hvojnik, Pavol Gemeiner, Martin Weiter, Petr Dzik

ACS Applied Energy Materials· Volume 3· Issue 12

Abstract

This work introduces a novel method of low-temperature (70 °C) ambient-air plasma treatment for the rapid fabrication of mesoporous titania/polysiloxane thin films in perovskite solar cells. The mesoporous titania/polysiloxane nanocomposite mesoporous layers were prepared using wet coating compatible with plasma post-treatment, leading to a significant and rapid (1 min) removal of the organic part of the polysiloxane binder, together with its transformation into amorphous silica. The application of a plasma-processed mesoporous titania/silica photoanode in a perovskite solar cell resulted in a power conversion efficiency of ∼12%, demonstrating for the first time the feasibility of such a cold plasma processing approach for perovskite solar cell manufacture.
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OpenAlex topics: Perovskite Materials and Applications · TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells · Conducting polymers and applications

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Affiliations

Department of Physical Electronics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 267/2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic

Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkyňova 118, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Department of Graphic Arts Technology and Applied Photochemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia

Funding

Vedeck? Grantov? Agent?ra M?VVa? SR a SAV · Ministerstvo ?kolstv?, Ml?de?e a Telov?chovy · Grantov? Agentura Cesk? Republiky

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