Annealing Temperature of Nickel Oxide Hole Transport Layer for p-i-n Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

Gisung Kim; Mijoung Kim; Hyojung Kim; JungYup Yang

doi:10.21218/CPR.2023.11.4.103

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Annealing Temperature of Nickel Oxide Hole Transport Layer for p-i-n Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells P-I-N 역구조 페로브스카이트 태양전지 응용을 위한 Nickel oxide 홀전달층의 열처리 온도 연구

31 December 2023. pp. 103-107

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Abstract

A Nickel oxide (NiO_x) thin films were prepared via sol-gel process on a transparent conductive oxide glass substrate. The NiO_x thin films were spin-coated in ambient air and subsequently annealed for 30 minutes at temperatures ranging from 150°C to 450°C. The structural and optical characteristics of the NiO_x thin films annealed at various temperatures were measured using X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy. After optimizing the NiO_x coating conditions, perovskite solar cells were fabricated with p-i-n inverted structure, and its photovoltaic performance was evaluated. NiO_x thin films annealed at 350°C exhibited the most favorable characteristics as a hole transport layer, resulting in the highest power conversion efficiency of 17.88 % when fabricating inverted perovskite solar cells using this film.

Keywords

Sol-gel process

NiO_x thin film

p-i-n inverted perovskite solar cells

Annealing temperature

Inorganic hole transport layer

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Publisher :Korea Photovoltaic Society
Publisher(Ko) :한국태양광발전학회
Journal Title :Current Photovoltaic Research
Volume : 11
No :4
Pages :103-107
Received Date : 2023-10-31
Revised Date : 2023-11-24
Accepted Date : 2023-11-24
DOI :https://doi.org/10.21218/CPR.2023.11.4.103

Current Photovoltaic Research ISSN:2288-3274(Print) 2508-125X(Online)

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