Giuri, A, Saleh, E, Listorti, A et al. (4 more authors) (2019) Rheological Tunability of Perovskite Precursor Solutions: From Spin Coating to Inkjet Printing Process. Nanomaterials, 9 (4). ARTN 582. ISSN 2079-4991
Abstract
The high efficiencies (>22%) reached by perovskite-based optoelectronic devices in a very short period, demonstrates the great potential and tunability of this material. The current challenge lies in translating such efficiencies to commercially feasible forms produced through industrial fabrication methods. Herein, a novel first step towards the processability of starch-perovskite inks, developed in our previous work, is investigated, by using inkjet printing technology. The tunability of the viscosity of the starch-perovskite-based inks allows the selection of suitable concentrations to be used as printable inks. After exploration of several printing parameters, thick and opaque starch-perovskite nanocomposite films were obtained, showing interesting morphological and optical properties. The results obtained in this work underline the potential and versatility of our approach, opening the possibility to explore and optimize, in the future, further large-scale deposition methods towards fully printed and stable perovskite devices.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | starch-perovskite inks; rheological tunability; inkjet printing |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mechanical Engineering (Leeds) > Future Manufacturing Processes (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 10 Apr 2019 10:38 |
Last Modified: | 10 Apr 2019 10:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/nano9040582 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:144774 |