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Fabrication of perovskite solar cell with high short-circuit current density (JSC) using moth-eye structure of SiOX

Sucheol Ju1,§, Minseop Byun1,§, Minjin Kim2,§, Junho Jun1, Daihong Huh1, Dong Suk Kim2, Yimhyun Jo2( ), Heon Lee( )
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Anam-ro 145, Sungbuk-Gu, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea
KIER-UNIST Advanced Center for Energy, Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), UNIST-Gil 50, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 689-851, Republic of Korea

§ Sucheol Ju, Minseop Byun, and Minjin Kim contributed equally to this work.

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The performance of solar cells is determined by three factors: the open-circuit voltage (VOC), short-circuit current density (JSC), and fill factor (FF). The VOC and FF are determined by the material bandgap and the series/shunt resistance, respectively. However, JSC is determined by the amount of incident light in addition to the bandgap of the material. In this study, a moth-eye pattern was formed on a glass surface via direct printing to increase the amount of incident light and thus increase JSC. The moth-eye pattern is a typical antireflection pattern that reduces the reflection by gradually increasing the refractive index. A flat perovskite solar cell (F-PSC) and a moth-eye patterned perovskite solar cell (M-PSC) had JSC values of 23.70 and 25.50 mA/cm2, respectively. The power-conversion efficiencies of the F-PSC and M-PSC were 19.81% and 21.77%, respectively.

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perovskite solar cellsdirect printingmoth-eye patternhydrogen silsesquioxane

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Nano Research
Volume 13 Issue 4,
April 2020
Pages 1156-1161
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-020-2763-3
Cite this article:
Ju S, Byun M, Kim M, et al. Fabrication of perovskite solar cell with high short-circuit current density (JSC) using moth-eye structure of SiOX. Nano Research, 2020, 13(4): 1156-1161. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-2763-3
Topics:
Energy gapPerovskiteRefractive indexSilicon compounds

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Received: 18 November 2019
Revised: 11 February 2020
Accepted: 21 March 2020
Published: 07 April 2020
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