Thin-film coating methods: a successful marriage of high-quality and cost-effectiveness—a brief exploration

MA Butt - Coatings, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this review, several cost-effective thin-film coating methods, which include dip-coating,
spin-coating, spray-coating, blade-coating, and roll-coating, are presented. Each method …

In Situ and Operando Characterizations of Metal Halide Perovskite and Solar Cells: Insights from Lab-Sized Devices to Upscaling Processes

R Szostak, A de Souza Gonçalves… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The performance and stability of metal halide perovskite solar cells strongly depend on
precursor materials and deposition methods adopted during the perovskite layer …

A layer-by-layer architecture for printable organic solar cells overcoming the scaling lag of module efficiency

R Sun, Q Wu, J Guo, T Wang, Y Wu, B Qiu, Z Luo… - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
To date, organic solar cells (OSCs) with the development of photovoltaic materials have
realized high power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) through the solution processing strategy …

Large‐area organic solar cells: material requirements, modular designs, and printing methods

G Wang, MA Adil, J Zhang, Z Wei - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The printing of large‐area organic solar cells (OSCs) has become a frontier for organic
electronics and is also regarded as a critical step in their industrial applications. With the …

Large‐area flexible organic solar cells

S Huang, Y Wang, L Hou, L Chen - Organic Solar Cells …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Organic solar cells generally are fabricated by spin coating in the laboratory, but such
process is inappropriate for large‐scale and flexible production. This chapter focuses on …

25th anniversary article: a decade of organic/polymeric photovoltaic research

L Dou, J You, Z Hong, Z Xu, G Li, RA Street… - Advanced …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology has been developed and improved from a fancy
concept with less than 1% power conversion efficiency (PCE) to over 10% PCE, particularly …

Perovskite materials as superior and powerful platforms for energy conversion and storage applications

P Goel, S Sundriyal, V Shrivastav, S Mishra, DP Dubal… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In order to meet the continuously growing demand for clean energy, a plethora of advanced
materials have been exploited for energy storage applications. Among these materials …

Morphology control strategies for solution-processed organic semiconductor thin films

Y Diao, L Shaw, Z Bao, SCB Mannsfeld - Energy & Environmental …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
While the chemical structure of organic semiconductors has an obvious effect on their
proclivity for charge transport, the ways with which they are processed have a dramatic effect …

Large‐area blade‐coated solar cells: advances and perspectives

Y Xiao, C Zuo, JX Zhong, WQ Wu… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
High‐efficiency perovskite solar cells (PSCs) and organic solar cells (OSCs) are promising
alternatives for silicon‐based solar cells. At present, the key point for commercialization of …

High‐performance fully printable perovskite solar cells via blade‐coating technique under the ambient condition

Z Yang, CC Chueh, F Zuo, JH Kim… - Advanced Energy …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In order to fabricate large-area PVSCs, one of the critical challenges is to understand the
influence of ambient environment on resultant perovskite thin-films since perovskite crystals …