Si hybrid solar cells have attracted tremendous research attention in recent years because of their low production costs and high performance. However, flexible Si hybrid solar cells have rarely been reported owing to...Si hybrid solar cells have attracted tremendous research attention in recent years because of their low production costs and high performance. However, flexible Si hybrid solar cells have rarely been reported owing to the difficulty of fabricating single-crystalline Si with good flexibility. In this study, we fabricated flexible Si/PEDOT：PSS hybrid solar cells with micro-pyramid-structured Si light absorbers using a facile approach. Compared with planar flexible hybrid solar cells with a power-conversion efficiency of 4%, solar cells with micro-pyramid-structured Si light absorbers have a higher efficiency of 6.3%. External quantum efficiency and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements revealed that the solar cells with micro-pyramid-structured Si light absorbers exhibited a pronounced light-harvesting enhancement in the spectra region of 400-1,000 nm and had a smaller series resistance and larger recombination resistance compared with the planar cells, yielding a higher efficiency. Additionally, in mechanical-bending tests, the flexible solar cells with micro-pyramid-structured Si light absorbers exhibited an excellent performance stability after bending for 600 cycles. Our findings lay the foundation for the real-world applications of flexible Si/PEDOT：PSS hybrid solar cells in next-generation portable electronics.展开更多
Mesoscopic lead halide perovskite solar cells typically use TiO2 nanoparticle films as the scaffolds for electron-transport pathway and perovskite deposition. Here, we demonstrate that swelling-induced mesoporous bloc...Mesoscopic lead halide perovskite solar cells typically use TiO2 nanoparticle films as the scaffolds for electron-transport pathway and perovskite deposition. Here, we demonstrate that swelling-induced mesoporous block copolymers can be templates for producing three- dimensional TiO2 networks by combining the atomic layer deposition technique. Thickness adjustable TiO2 network is an excellent alternative scaffold material for efficient per- ovskite solar cells. Our best performing cells using such a 270 nm thick template have achieved a high efficiency of 12.5 % with pristine poly-3-hexylthiophene as a hole transport material. The high performance is attributed to the direct transport pathway and high absorption of scaf- folds, small leakage current and largely reduced recombi- nation rate at interfaces. The results show that TiO2 network architecture is a promising scaffold for meso- scopic perovskite solar cells.展开更多
基金Acknowledgements This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China （973 Program, No. 2011CB302103）, National Natural Science Foundation of China （Nos. 11274308 and 21401202）, the Hundred Talent Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams.
文摘Si hybrid solar cells have attracted tremendous research attention in recent years because of their low production costs and high performance. However, flexible Si hybrid solar cells have rarely been reported owing to the difficulty of fabricating single-crystalline Si with good flexibility. In this study, we fabricated flexible Si/PEDOT：PSS hybrid solar cells with micro-pyramid-structured Si light absorbers using a facile approach. Compared with planar flexible hybrid solar cells with a power-conversion efficiency of 4%, solar cells with micro-pyramid-structured Si light absorbers have a higher efficiency of 6.3%. External quantum efficiency and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements revealed that the solar cells with micro-pyramid-structured Si light absorbers exhibited a pronounced light-harvesting enhancement in the spectra region of 400-1,000 nm and had a smaller series resistance and larger recombination resistance compared with the planar cells, yielding a higher efficiency. Additionally, in mechanical-bending tests, the flexible solar cells with micro-pyramid-structured Si light absorbers exhibited an excellent performance stability after bending for 600 cycles. Our findings lay the foundation for the real-world applications of flexible Si/PEDOT：PSS hybrid solar cells in next-generation portable electronics.
文摘Mesoscopic lead halide perovskite solar cells typically use TiO2 nanoparticle films as the scaffolds for electron-transport pathway and perovskite deposition. Here, we demonstrate that swelling-induced mesoporous block copolymers can be templates for producing three- dimensional TiO2 networks by combining the atomic layer deposition technique. Thickness adjustable TiO2 network is an excellent alternative scaffold material for efficient per- ovskite solar cells. Our best performing cells using such a 270 nm thick template have achieved a high efficiency of 12.5 % with pristine poly-3-hexylthiophene as a hole transport material. The high performance is attributed to the direct transport pathway and high absorption of scaf- folds, small leakage current and largely reduced recombi- nation rate at interfaces. The results show that TiO2 network architecture is a promising scaffold for meso- scopic perovskite solar cells.
