Scanning Atmospheric-pressure Plasma Jet Treatment of Nickel Oxide with Peak Temperature of ∼500 °C for Fabricating P-i-n Structure Perovskite Solar Cells

Overview

Journal RSC Adv

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2022 May 2

PMID 35495340

Authors

Chieh-I Lin

Jui-Hsuan Tsai

Jian-Zhang Chen

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Abstract

Scanning atmospheric-pressure plasma jet (APPJ) treatment of nickel oxide with a peak temperature of 500 °C was performed for fabricating p-i-n structure perovskite solar cells (PSCs). APPJ post-treatment increases the haze of NiO on FTO glass, leading to enhanced light scattering in PSCs that in turn improves the cell efficiency. APPJ treatment on NiO also improves the wettability to facilitate the follow-up deposition of CHNHPbI. This also leads to better PSC performance. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy indicates that APPJ treatment results in fewer C-N bonds and reduced NiAc content, suggesting more complete conversion of the liquid precursor into NiO. With three APPJ scans, the average PCE improves from 11.91% to 13.47%, with the best-performing PSC achieving an efficiency of 15.67%.

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