Acta Physica Sinica, Volume. 69, Issue 7, 077101-1(2020)

Review of the research on nano-structure used as light harvesting in perovskite solar cells

Heng Pan, Pei-Run Chen, Biao Shi, Yu-Cheng Li, Qing-Yun Gao, Li Zhang, Ying Zhao, Qian Huang*, and Xiao-Dan Zhang
Author Affiliations
  • Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Thin Film Devices and Technology, Institute of Optoelectronic Thin Film Devices and Technology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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    Schematic diagram of nano trapping24: (a) Schematic diagram of nano-trapping structure[24]; (b) Mie resonance; (c) low-quality-factor Fabry-Perot standing-wave resonance; (d) guided resonance; (e) diffracted modes.
    Structure and performance of perovskite cell made byTavakoli[36] form Department of electronic and computer engineering, Hong Kong University of science and technology36: (a) Schematic structure of the perovskite solar cell device with nanocone PDMS film attached on the top and flexible glass substrate/tin doped oxide transparent electrode/zinc oxide/perovskite/spiro OmeTAD/gold; (b) QE measurement of perovskite devices with and without a PDMS nanocone film; Electric field in the active layer (c) without and (d) with PDMS nanocone film with red showing a high generation rate and blue showing a low generation rate.
    The structure and performance of perovskite cell made by Dr.Shi of our group[40] of our research group: (a) Schematics of possible incident light paths within perovskite solar cells with textured substrate; (b) surface morphologies of SEM images oftextured FTO/TiO2/perovskite film; (c) surface morphologies of SEM images ofsmooth FTO/TiO2/perovskite film; (d) absorption coefficient of different perovskite films without/with Au back contact; (e) performance of devices with different FTO substrates. J-V characteristics.
    Structure and performance of perovskite battery devices made by Huang et al from Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University[43]: (a) Schematic diagram illustrating the fabrication procedure (b) centred dark-field TEM image for a cross-section of a textured perovskite sample deposited on FTO-glass; (c) IPCE spectrum (solid lines) of a planar perovskite device (grey line) and a textured.
    Material structure and light trapping properties ofSeong[45], Department of mechanical and aerospaceengineering, Seoul National University (a) 3D illustration of moth-eye patterned mesoporous TiO2 (mp-TiO2) layer; (b) electric field on active layer with Moth-eye TiO2.
    Trapping principle diagram of perovskite devices made byPascoe[50], Department of materials science andengineering, Monash University: (a) Near-field Enhanced Surface Plasmon Resonance of Metal Nanoparticles Embedded near the Absorp-tion Layer; (b) surface plasmon nanostructures with periodic structures.
    • Table 1.

      Photovoltaic parameters of perovskite solar cells with (‘ARC’) and without (‘Ref’) an anti-reflection coating placed at the air/glass interface of the cell.

      有无抗反射层结构电池的各参数对比集合

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      Table 1.

      Photovoltaic parameters of perovskite solar cells with (‘ARC’) and without (‘Ref’) an anti-reflection coating placed at the air/glass interface of the cell.

      有无抗反射层结构电池的各参数对比集合

      Device structureSourceJSC/mA·cm–2VOC/V FF/%PCE/%
      RefARCRefARCRefARCRefARC
      LMF: Light management foil
      PDMS/FTO glass/TiO2/MAPbI3/PTAA/Au [37] 20.621.21.091.0976.676.617.1717.74
      LMF/Glass/ITO/PEDOT:PSS/MAPbI3/PCBM/BCP/Ag [38] 20.721.71.111.1170.971.216.317.1
    • Table 2.

      Photovoltaic parameters of perovskite solar cells with the same fabrication parameters, with (‘NSs’)embedded plasmonic nanostructures, and without them (‘Ref’).

      有无等离激元纳米结构的电池参数

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      Table 2.

      Photovoltaic parameters of perovskite solar cells with the same fabrication parameters, with (‘NSs’)embedded plasmonic nanostructures, and without them (‘Ref’).

      有无等离激元纳米结构的电池参数

      SourceNSsJSC/mA·cm–2VOC/V FF/%PCE/%
      RefNSsRefNSsRefNSsRefNSs
      [61] Au@SiO2 80 nm spheres 14.816.91.021.04646710.711.4
      [62] Ag@TiO2 40 nm spheres 17.319.71.031.04646711.413.7
      [63] Au@SiO2 40 nm rods 13.917.41.171.16666810.713.7
      [64] Au-Ag 100 nm popcorn15.516.50.920.9563668.910.3
      [65] Au/TiO2 Fibres 19.620.80.850.99627010.314.4
      [66] Au stars 20 nm21.1231.051.08697115.217.7
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    Heng Pan, Pei-Run Chen, Biao Shi, Yu-Cheng Li, Qing-Yun Gao, Li Zhang, Ying Zhao, Qian Huang, Xiao-Dan Zhang. Review of the research on nano-structure used as light harvesting in perovskite solar cells[J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2020, 69(7): 077101-1

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    Received: Oct. 30, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Nov. 20, 2020

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    DOI:10.7498/aps.69.20191660

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