Printable Solar Cells

Printable Solar Cells

The book brings together the recent advances, new and cutting edge materials from solution process and manufacturing techniques that are the key to making photovoltaic devices more efficient and inexpensive.

Printable Solar Cells provides an overall view of the new and highly promising materials and thin film deposition techniques for printable solar cell applications. The book is organized in four parts. Organic and inorganic hybrid materials and solar cell manufacturing techniques are covered in Part I. Part II is devoted to organic materials and processing technologies like spray coating. This part also demonstrates the key features of the interface engineering for the printable organic solar cells. The main focus of Part III is the perovskite solar cells, which is a new and promising family of the photovoltaic applications. Finally, inorganic materials and solution based thin film formation methods using these materials for printable solar cell application is discussed in Part IV.

Audience

The book will be of interest to a multidisciplinary group of fields, in industry and academia, including physics, chemistry, materials science, biochemical engineering, optoelectronic information, photovoltaic and renewable energy engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical and manufacturing engineering.

Auteur

Nurdan Demirci Sankir is currently an Associate Professor in the Materials Science and Nanotechnology Engineering Department at the TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey. She received her M.Eng and PhD degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic and State University, USA in 2005. She then joined NanoSonic Inc. in Virginia, USA as R&D engineer and program manager, and in 2007 she enrolled at TOBB ETU where she established the Energy Research and Solar Cell Laboratories. Nurdan has actively carried out research activities in many areas including solar driven water splitting, photocatalytic degradation and nanostructured semiconductors.

Mehmet Sankir received his PhD in Macromolecular Science and Engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic and State University, USA in 2005. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Nanotechnology Engineering, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey and group leader of Advanced Membrane Technologies Laboratory. Mehmet has actively carried out research and consulting activities in the areas of membranes for fuel cells, flow batteries, hydrogen generation and desalination.

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The book brings together the recent advances, new and cutting edge materials from solution process and manufacturing techniques that are the key to making photovoltaic devices more efficient and inexpensive.

Printable Solar Cells provides an overall view of the new and highly promising materials and thin film deposition techniques for printable solar cell applications. The book is organized in four parts. Organic and inorganic hybrid materials and solar cell manufacturing techniques are covered in Part I. Part II is devoted to organic materials and processing technologies like spray coating. This part also demonstrates the key features of the interface engineering for the printable organic solar cells. The main focus of Part III is the perovskite solar cells, which is a new and promising family of the photovoltaic applications. Finally, inorganic materials and solution based thin film formation methods using these materials for printable solar cell application is discussed in Part IV. Audience The book will be of interest to a multidisciplinary group of fields, in industry and academia, including physics, chemistry, materials science, biochemical engineering, optoelectronic information, photovoltaic and renewable energy engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical and manufacturing engineering.

Résumé
Printable Solar Cells The book brings together the recent advances, new and cutting edge materials from solution process and manufacturing techniques that are the key to making photovoltaic devices more efficient and inexpensive. Printable Solar Cells provides an overall view of the new and highly promising materials and thin film deposition techniques for printable solar cell applications. The book is organized in four parts. Organic and inorganic hybrid materials and solar cell manufacturing techniques are covered in Part I. Part II is devoted to organic materials and processing technologies like spray coating. This part also demonstrates the key features of the interface engineering for the printable organic solar cells. The main focus of Part III is the perovskite solar cells, which is a new and promising family of the photovoltaic applications. Finally, inorganic materials and solution based thin film formation methods using these materials for printable solar cell application is discussed in Part IV. Audience The book will be of interest to a multidisciplinary group of fields, in industry and academia, including physics, chemistry, materials science, biochemical engineering, optoelectronic information, photovoltaic and renewable energy engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical and manufacturing engineering.

Contenu
Preface xv

Part I Hybrid Materials and Process Technologies for Printable Solar Cells

**1 Organic and Inorganic Hybrid Solar Cells 3
Serap Güne and Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci

1.1 Introduction 4

1.2 Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Solar Cells 5

1.2.1 Introduction to Hybrid Solar Cells 5

1.2.2 Hybrid Solar Cells 5

1.2.2.1 Operational Principles of Bulk

Heterojunction Hybrid Solar Cells 5

1.2.2.2 Bulk Heterojunction Hybrid Solar Cells 8

1.2.2.3 Bilayer Heterojunction Hybrid Solar Cells 12

1.2.2.4 Inverted-Type Hybrid Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells 15

1.2.2.5 Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells 16

1.2.2.6 Perovskite Solar Cells 21

1.3 Conclusion 23

References 25

**2 Solution Processing and Thin Film Formation of Hybrid Semiconductors for Energy Applications 37
J. Ciro, J.F. Montoya, R. Betancur and F. Jaramillo

2.1 Physical Chemical Principles of Film Formation by Solution Processes: From Suspensions of Nanoparticles and Solutions to Nucleation, Growth, Coarsening and Microstructural Evolution of Films 38

2.2 Solution-Processing Techniques for Thin Film Deposition 40

2.2.1 Spin Coating 42

2.2.2 Doctor Blade 43

2.2.3 Slot-Die Coating 44

2.2.4 Spray Coating 46

2.3 Properties and Characterization of Thin Films: Transport, Active and Electrode Layers in Thin Film Solar Cells 46

2.4 Understanding the Crystallization Processes in Hybrid Semiconductor Films: Hybrid Perovskite as a Model 50

2.4.1 Thermal Transitions Revealed by DSC 50

2.4.2 Heat Transfer Processes in a Meso-Superstructured Perovskite Solar Cell 53

2.4.3 Effect of the Annealing Process on Morphology and Crystalline Properties of Perovskite Films 55

2.4.4 Role of Precursor Composition in the Crystallinity of Perovskite Films: Understanding the Role of Additives and Moisture in the Final Properties of Perovskite Layers 56

References 57

**3 Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Solar Cells Based on Quantum Dots 65
Wenjin Yue

3.1 Introduction 65

3.2 Polymer/QD Solar Cells 67

3.2.1 Working Principle 67

3.2.2 Device Parameters 68

3.2.2.1 Open-Circuit Voltage (Voc) 68

3.2.2.2 Short-Circuit Current (Jsc) 68

3.2.2.3 Fill Factor (FF) 69

3.2.3 Device Structure 70

3.2.4 Progress of Polymer/QD Solar Cells 71

3.2.4.1 Device Based on Cd Compound 71

3.2.4.2 Device Based on Pb Compound 74

3.2.4.3 Device Based on CuInS2 76

3.2.5 Strategy for Improved Device Performance 78

3.2.5.1 QDs Surface Treatment 78

3.2.5.2 In-Situ Synthesis of QDs 81

3.2.5.3 Polymer End-Group Functionalization 82

3.3 Outlooks and Conclusi…