Printed Perovskite Photovoltaics
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) – 3P project, 2018-2021.
“The main aim is to take those scientific breakthroughs in perovskites and make them mass-producible.” – Dr Scholes
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This project, funded by a $3.3 million grant from the Australia Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will translate these small scale laboratory outcomes to large area PSC modules that are stable, efficient and flexible, manufactured using scalable, industry relevant fabrication methods.
Perovskite solar cells (PSC) comprise next generation solar technology that has demonstrated promising performance in the laboratory, with record power conversion efficiency of lab cells on par with silicon solar cells. PSCs consist of several thin film layers, including the photo-active perovskite layer and other layers for transporting and collecting the charge generated when these cells are exposed to light. Translation of these high efficiency laboratory scale outcomes to large area, flexible solar modules manufactured uses the industry relevant method of roll-to-roll printing in air, a low cost process widely used in commercial printing. During this project, each layer in the PSC will be optimised for roll-to-roll printing, and new materials, ink formulations and packaging methods will be developed. These large area, printed modules will be tested against benchmarks for efficiency, durability and cost.
This project is innovative and beneficial to Australian manufacturing. By developing and demonstrating low cost production of large area PSC modules, this work is bridging the gap between the laboratory and industry.
“We’ll be looking for a robust perovskite formulation that can handle the demands of manufacturing conditions.” Dr Scholes. IMAGEAustralian Renewable Energy Agency
Project Partners:
Professor Anita Ho-Baillie, School of Physics, Sydney University.
Professor Jacek Jasieniak, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University.
Professor Tawfique Hasan, Cambridge Graphene Centre, University of Cambridge, UK.
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