Game, O.S. orcid.org/0000-0002-5573-3602, Thornber, T. orcid.org/0000-0001-7008-3081, Cepero‐Mejías, F. orcid.org/0000-0001-5578-7080 et al. (11 more authors) (2024) Direct integration of perovskite solar cells with carbon fibre substrates. Advanced Materials, 36 (20). e2209950. e2209950. ISSN 0935-9648
Abstract
Integrating photovoltaic devices onto the surface of carbon fibre-reinforced polymer substrates should create materials with high mechanical strength that are also able to generate electrical power. Such devices are anticipated to find ready applications as structural, energy-harvesting systems in both the automotive and aeronautical sectors. Here, we demonstrate the fabrication of triple-cation perovskite n-i-p solar cells onto the surface of planarised carbon fibre-reinforced polymer substrates, with devices utilising a transparent top ITO contact. These devices also contain a "wrinkled" SiO2 interlayer placed between the device and substrate which alleviates thermally-induced cracking of the bottom ITO layer. Our devices were found to have a stabilised power conversion efficiency of 14.5% and a specific power (power per weight) of 21.4 W g-1 (without encapsulation), making them highly suitable for mobile power applications. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Authors. Advanced Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | carbon fibre-reinforced polymers; integrated photovoltaics; perovskite solar cells; specific power; structural photovoltaics |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Physics and Astronomy (Sheffield) The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Chemistry (Sheffield) The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Mechanical Engineering (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL EP/S009213/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 May 2023 14:22 |
Last Modified: | 09 Oct 2024 15:29 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/adma.202209950 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:199420 |