Decal Ni mesh to enhance the conductivity of carbon back contacts in dye sensitized and perovskite solar cells

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2024-12-11

Authors

Jorge Martins (Author) FEUP; Marat Perira (Author) FEUP; Seyedali Emami (Author) FEUP; Dzmitry Ivanou (Author) FEUP; Adélio Mendes (Author) FEUP

Journal

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Title: ENERGY ADVANCES

Vol. 9

Pages: 307-315

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CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Chemical engineering

FOS: Engineering and technology > Chemical engineering

Associated Projects

LEPABE - Financiamento Plurianual 2020-2023 da Unidade de I&D LEPABE - Laboratório de Engenharia de Processos, Ambiente, Biotecnologia e Energia

TanPT - Célula solar multijunção de perovskita eficiente, estável e amiga da indústria

2SMART - 2SMART - engineered Smart materials for Smart citizens

DIAMOND - Ultra-stable, highly efficient, low-cost perovskite photovoltaics with minimised environmental impact

ATE - ATE - Aliança para a Transição Energética

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Authenticus ID: P-00Z-QWT

DOI: 10.1039/d3ya00476g

Abstract (EN): Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are photovoltaic (PV) technologies that originally utilized precious metals like gold, silver, and platinum as counter-electrodes. Carbon materials are a low-cost alternative to traditional metal counter-electrodes in monolithic-DSSCs (M-DSSCs) and PSCs. However, the drawback of carbon-based counter-electrodes is that they often show a low electronic conductivity, which hinders the scale-up of these PV technologies. This study proposes using decal Ni-mesh produced through simple and scalable photolithography-assisted electroplating. The Ni-mesh is incorporated into the carbon layer to improve the counter-electrode conductivity in large-area M-DSSCs and PSCs. Carbon-counter electrodes embedded with Ni-mesh enhance the performance of M-DSSCs and PSCs by 132% and 41%, respectively. Impedance spectroscopy study shows that the embedded Ni-mesh effectively reduces the series resistance of the devices by half, leading to an enhancement in their overall performance. Decal of a nickel mesh prepared by photolithography-assisted electroplating on carbon counter-electrode of dye sensitized and perovskite solar cells improves the conductivity of the back contact and the performance of the devices.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 9