Repository logo

Infoscience

  • English
  • French
Log In
Logo EPFL, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

Infoscience

  • English
  • French
Log In
  1. Home
  2. Academic and Research Output
  3. Journal articles
  4. Greener, Nonhalogenated Solvent Systems for Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells
 
research article

Greener, Nonhalogenated Solvent Systems for Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

Yavari, Mozhgan
•
Mazloum-Ardakani, Mohammad
•
Gholipour, Somayeh
Show more
July 25, 2018
Advanced Energy Materials

All current highest efficiency perovskite solar cells (PSCs) use highly toxic, halogenated solvents, such as chlorobenzene (CB) or toluene (TLN), in an antisolvent step or as solvent for the hole transporter material (HTM). A more environmentally friendly antisolvent is highly desirable for decreasing chronic health risk. Here, the efficacy of anisole (ANS), as a greener antisolvent for highest efficiency PSCs, is investigated. The fabrication inside and outside of the glovebox showing high power conversion efficiencies of 19.9% and 15.5%, respectively. Importantly, a fully nonhalogenated solvent system is demonstrated where ANS is used as both the antisolvent and the solvent for the HTM. With this, state-of-the-art efficiencies close to 20.5%, the highest to date without using toxic CB or TLN, are reached. Through scanning electron microscopy, UV-vis, photoluminescence, and X-ray diffraction, it is shown that ANS results in similar mixed-ion perovskite films under glovebox atmosphere as CB and TLN. This underlines that ANS is indeed a viable green solvent system for PSCs and should urgently be adopted by labs and companies to avoid systematic health risks for researchers and employees.

  • Details
  • Metrics
Type
research article
DOI
10.1002/aenm.201800177
Web of Science ID

WOS:000445666000011

Author(s)
Yavari, Mozhgan
Mazloum-Ardakani, Mohammad
Gholipour, Somayeh
Tavakoli, Mohammad Mahdi
Turren-Cruz, Silver-Hamill
Taghavinia, Nima
Gratzel, Michael  
Hagfeldt, Anders  
Saliba, Michael  
Date Issued

2018-07-25

Publisher

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH

Published in
Advanced Energy Materials
Volume

8

Issue

21

Article Number

1800177

Subjects

Chemistry, Physical

•

Energy & Fuels

•

Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

•

Physics, Applied

•

Physics, Condensed Matter

•

Chemistry

•

Energy & Fuels

•

Materials Science

•

Physics

•

nonhalogenated solvents

•

perovskite solar cells

•

photovoltaic devices

•

device performance

•

thin-films

•

deposition

•

crystallization

•

ch3nh3pbi3

•

route

•

photovoltaics

•

degradation

•

temperature

•

growth

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

Written at

EPFL

EPFL units
LPI  
LSPM  
Available on Infoscience
December 13, 2018
Use this identifier to reference this record
https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/152566
Logo EPFL, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
  • Contact
  • infoscience@epfl.ch

  • Follow us on Facebook
  • Follow us on Instagram
  • Follow us on LinkedIn
  • Follow us on X
  • Follow us on Youtube
AccessibilityLegal noticePrivacy policyCookie settingsEnd User AgreementGet helpFeedback

Infoscience is a service managed and provided by the Library and IT Services of EPFL. © EPFL, tous droits réservés