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Highly transparent anti-reflection coating enhances the underwater efficiency and stability of perovskite solar modules

Feng Qian1, Shihao Yuan1, Ting Zhang1( ), Lei Wang1, Xiaobo Li1, Hualin Zheng1, Qien Xu1, Zhi David Chen2, Shibin Li1( )
School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, USA
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Here, a remarkable conversion efficiency of 14.7% was achieved underwater after encapsulating the solar modules with 1H,1H,2H,2H-heptadecafluorodecyl acrylate (HFDA) coatings, which is highly transparent and anti-reflective. Thus, an obviously improved underwater stability and lead leakage were observed.

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Perovskite solar cells have shown great potential in the field of underwater solar cells due to their excellent optoelectronic properties; however, their underwater performance and stability still hinder their practical use. In this research, a 1H,1H,2H,2H-heptadecafluorodecyl acrylate (HFDA) anti-reflection coating (ARC) was introduced as a high-transparent material for encapsulating perovskite solar modules (PSMs). Optical characterization results revealed that HFDA can effectively reduce reflection of light below 800 nm, aiding in the absorption of light within this wavelength range by underwater solar cells. Thus, a remarkable efficiency of 14.65% was achieved even at a water depth of 50 cm. And, the concentration of Pb2+ for HFDA-encapsulated film is significantly reduced from 186 to 16.5 ppb after being immersed in water for 347 h. Interestingly, the encapsulated PSMs still remained above 80% of their initial efficiency after continuous underwater illumination for 400 h. Furthermore, being exposed to air, the encapsulated PSMs maintained 94% of their original efficiency after 1000 h light illumination. This highly transparent ARC shows great potentials in enhancing the stability of perovskite devices, applicable not only to underwater cells but also extendable to land-based photovoltaic devices.

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underwater photovoltaicsperovskite solar modulesanti-reflection coatingunderwater stability

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Nano Research
Volume 17 Issue 9,
September 2024
Pages 8126-8133
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-024-6810-3
Cite this article:
Qian F, Yuan S, Zhang T, et al. Highly transparent anti-reflection coating enhances the underwater efficiency and stability of perovskite solar modules. Nano Research, 2024, 17(9): 8126-8133. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-024-6810-3
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Received: 01 April 2024
Revised: 23 May 2024
Accepted: 05 June 2024
Published: 11 July 2024
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