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Flash infrared annealing as a cost-effective and low environmental impact processing method for planar perovskite solar cells

Rosario VidalMichael SalibaMichael SalibaSandy SanchezSandy SanchezIván Mora-seróPablo P. BoixMarta Vallés-pelardaJosé J. Jerónimo-rendónJaume-adrià Alberola-borràs

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life-cycle assessmentFabricationMaterials scienceInfraredAnnealing (metallurgy)mechanism02 engineering and technology010402 general chemistry7. Clean energy01 natural sciencesPlanarPhotovoltaicsevolutionGeneral Materials Sciencedegradationbusiness.industryecotoxicityMechanical EngineeringPhotovoltaic systemtemperaturestabilityCiència dels materials021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyCondensed Matter Physics0104 chemical sciencesDielectric spectroscopyActive layerphotovoltaicshighly efficienthysteresisMechanics of MaterialsOptoelectronics0210 nano-technologybusiness

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Abstract For successful commercialization of perovskite solar cells, straightforward solutions in terms of environmental impact and economic feasibility are still required. Flash Infrared Annealing (FIRA) is a rapid method to fabricate perovskite solar cells with efficiencies >18% on simple, planar architecture, which allows a film synthesis in only 1.2 s, faster than the previous report based in a meso architecture and all of them without the usage of antisolvent. In this work, through a comparative study with the common lab-scale method, the so-called antisolvent (AS), the main photovoltaic parameters and working mechanisms obtained from impedance spectroscopy (IS) measurements show similar device features as for FIRA. However, from the life cycle assessment (LCA) comparison study, the FIRA method has only 8% of the environmental impact and 2% of the fabrication cost of the perovskite active layer with respect to the AS for the perovskite film synthesis. These results denote that FIRA is a low-impact, cost-effective fabrication approach that can be directly adapted to perovskite planar configuration that is compatible with industrial up-scaling.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-12-01Materials Today
10.1016/j.mattod.2019.04.021http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2019.04.021