2. 1. Introduction
2. Device architecture and operation
3. Manufacturing issues
4. Summary
Dye-sensitized and perovskite solar cells
Supersolar Research Methods Workshop
Liverpool University, 5th April 2016
Peter Holliman
School of Chemistry, Bangor University
p.j.holliman@bangor.ac.uk
11. Electron passes via
electrolyte to dye
Inter (semiconductor) particle
electron transfer to electrode
Electron passes
around the circuit
Dye absorbs light
and electron jumps
to create an excited
state
Semiconductor
Dye
Counter
Electrode
Working
Electrode
DSC operation
22. Record DSC (14.3%)
Silyl linker
ADEKA-1
Triarylamine
LEG-4N
S
S
S
S
N
H
CN
O
C6H13
C6H13
C6H13
C6H13
Si
OMe
MeO
OMe
N
OO
C4H9
S
C4H9
O
O
C4H9
C4H9
S
C6H13
C6H13
CN
COOH
Yano et al., Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 18894.
Jsc = 18.27 mAcm-2
Voc = 1.01 V
FF = 0.77
Co redox
couple
N
N
N
N
N
N
Co
2+ / 3+
23. SealTiO2 film
Hole
FTO glass Electrolyte
Seal
Dye solution
Outflow for dye
solution
Valve
Syringe
Ultra-fast co-sensitization
P.J. Holliman, M.L. Davies, A. Connell, B. Vaca Velasco and T.M. Watson, Chem. Comm., 2010, 46, 7256-7258
26. Co-sensitization
η = 5.0%
η = 6.1%
η = 3.4%SQ2
C8H17
COOH
C2H5
N
N
+
O
O
-
N
OH
O O
C12H25
Connell and Holliman et al., J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2(11), 4055 - 4066.
30. Electrolyte
Solid
Hole Transport Materials (HTMs)
Liquid
Redox couple
www.dyesol.com
I3
-/I- Co2+/Co3+
N N
OCH3 OCH3
OCH3H3CO
N N
OCH3 OCH3
OCH3H3CO
Spiro unit – inhibits
crystallisation
Matches
HOMO to dye
35. Jsc = 18.27 mAcm-2
Voc = 1.01 V
FF = 0.77
Record perovskite device (20.8%)
Absorber = FAI + PbI2 + MAI + PbBr2
24.60 mAcm-2
1.16 V
0.73Tress et al., Sci. Adv. 2016, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1501170
Scaffold = Mesoporous TiO2
HTM = spiro-OMeTAD
FAI is [H2N-CH=NH2]+
MAI is [CH3NH3]+
Au back contact
42. • Perovskites retain residual solvent
• DMF loss is not linear with T
• At < ca. 150 °C “loose” DMF leaves
• At higher T, “bound” or “trapped”
DMF leaves
• Only > 240 °C do we see HCl, CH3NH2 Mass Heat FTIR1720
Perovskite annealing
PbCl2 + CH3NH3I → CH3NH3PbI3-xClx
Measure DSC and TGA whilst FTIR gives real-time FTIR of evolved gases
A.E. Williams, P.J. Holliman, M.J. Carnie, M.L. Davies, D.A. Worsley, T.M. Watson, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 19338
43. Bright field optical microscopy of perovskite films (x10)
CH3NH3PbBr3 CH3NH3PbICl2
55. Generate - store - release
Buildings as Power Stations
Shared vision: ‘To functionalise the outside surfaces of
buildings ... new and existing.’
56.
57. 4. Summary
• Grid parity (cost)
• End use (efficiency, power density)
• Lifetime
• Scaling (R2R)
• Product form - bespoke PV
• Integration
• Technology choice?
58. For DSC
• 20 year technology
• η = 14%
• Liquid to solid (substrates, t½)
• Lifetime (> 5 year)
• Cost, processing times
• Commercial (G24Power)
• Market
For perovskites
• 4 year technology
• η = 20%
• Lead?
• Out of the dry box
• Processing solvents
• Scaling (cells to modules)
• Lifetime
Where are we now, where next?
59. Photo-electrodes
Mesoporous TiO2 - η = 7.3%. O’Regan &
Grätzel, Nature, 1991, 353, 24.
Crystalline TiO2 nanoparticles Barbé et al.,
J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 1997, 80, 3157.
Low T sintering Holliman et al., J. Mater.
Chem. A, 2014, DOI:10.1039/C4TA01000K.
Dyes
Yellow dye - η = 2.6%. Holliman et al., J.
Mat. Chem., 2012, 22(26), 13318.
D149 η = 8.0. Horiuchi et al., JACS, 2004,
126, 12218.
Panchromatic “Black Dye” Nazeeruddin et
al., Chem. Commun., 1997, 1705.
N719 - η = 11.0%. Nazeeruddin et al., J.
Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 16835.
Blue squaraine SQ2 - η = 5.4%. Geiger et
al., Adv. Funct. Mater., 2009, 19, 2720.
Panchromatic squaraine Maeda, et al. New
J.Chem., 2013, 37,71, 701.
Light harvesting
Porphyrin + triarylamine - η = 12.3%. A.
Yella et al., Science, 2011, 334, 629
Alkoxysilyl carbazole - η = 12.0%. Yano et
al., Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 6379.
Silyl linker + coumarin - η = 12.8%. Yano et
al., Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 6315.
Silyl linker + LEG4 - η = 14.3%. Yano et al.,
Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 18894.
Fast processing
5 min dyeing - η = 5.0%. Holliman et al.,
Chem. Comm., 2010, 46, 7256.
Rapid, NIR sintering Worsley et al., Progr.
Photovolt. Res. Appl., 19 (4), 482.
DSC Reviews
Hagfeldt et al., Chem. Rev., 2010, 110, 6595.
DSC references
60. Perovskite architectures
Mesoporous devices - η = 15.0%. Snaith et
al., Science, 2012, 338, 643.
Planar devices Zhang et al. J. Mat. Chem.
A, 2015, 13, 12133.
Perovskite coverage Huang et al., PCCP,
2015, 17, 2015.
Efficiency
η = 19.3% Zhou et al., Science, 2014, 345
(6196), 542.
η = 20.8% Tress et al., Sci. Adv. 2016, doi:
10.1126/sciadv.1501170
Hysteresis
Solvent processing Jeon et al., Nature
Mater., 2014, 13, 897.
Pb-free
Tin perovskites - η = 6.0%. Snaith et al.,
Energy Env. Sci., 2014, 7, 3061.
Perovskite references
Perovskite processing
Solvent safety. Holliman et al., Mater. Res.
Innov., 2015, 19, 508.
Thermal analysis Williams et al., J. Mater.
Chem. A, 2014, 2, 19338-19346.
Perovskite ink. Jones et al., Chem. Comm.,
2016, 52, 4301.
Counter electrodes
Laminate Bryant et al., Adv. Mater., 2014,
26 (44), 7499.
NiO/C Xu et al. NanoLett, 2015, 15, 2402.
Carbon Zhang et al., J. Mater. Chem. A,
2015, 3, 9165.
Carbon Wei et al., Carbon, 2015, 93, 861.
Perovskite Reviews
N.-G. Park, Mater. Today, 2015, 18(2), 65.