Enhanced performance of solution-processed carbon nanotube transparent electrodes in foldable perovskite solar cells through vertical separation of binders by using eco-friendly parylene substrate

Abstract

The successful utilization of an eco-friendly and biocompatible parylene-C substrate for high-performance solution-processed double-walled carbon nanotube (CNT) electrode-based perovskite solar cells (PSCs) was demonstrated. Through the use of a novel inversion transfer technique, vertical separation of the binders from the CNTs was induced, rendering a stronger p-doping effect and thereby a higher conductivity of the CNTs. The resulting foldable devices exhibited a power conversion efficiency of 18.11%, which is the highest reported among CNT transparent electrode-based PSCs to date, and withstood more than 10,000 folding cycles at a radius of 0.5 mm, demonstrating unprecedented mechanical stability. Furthermore, solar modules were fabricated using entirely laser scribing processes to assess the potential of the solution-processable nanocarbon electrode. Notably, this is the only one to be processed entirely by the laser scribing process and to be biocompatible as well as eco-friendly among the previously reported nonindium tin oxide-based perovskite solar modules.

Keywords

double-walled carbon nanotubes / parylene substrates / perovskite modules / perovskite solar cells / solution-processable electrodes / surfactant removal

Author summay

Unsoo Kim, Jeong-Seok Nam, and Jungjin Yoon contributed equally to this work.