Publication details
Perovskite Solar Cells with Low-Cost TiO2 Mesoporous Photoanodes Prepared by Rapid Low-Temperature (70 degrees C) Plasma Processing
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| Year of publication | 2020 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | ACS Applied Energy Materials |
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| Citation | |
| Web | https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c02144 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c02144 |
| Keywords | ambient-air plasma; cold plasma treatment; TiO2 mesoporous coatings; electron-transport layer (ETL); perovskite solar cell (PSC) |
| Description | This work introduces a novel method of low-temperature (70 degrees 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 similar to 12%, demonstrating for the first time the feasibility of such a cold plasma processing approach for perovskite solar cell manufacture. |
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