Photovoltaic elements having long-term stability that can be precipitated out of solutions, and in-situ method for producing said elements

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10468196-B2
Application number	US-201414913877-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 25, 2014
Priority date	Aug 23, 2013
Publication date	Nov 5, 2019
Grant date	Nov 5, 2019

Abstract

The present invention relates to a photovoltaic element comprising
one front electrode and one further electrode comprising respectively one glass substrate and one electrically conductive electrode layer which is disposed on the glass substrate,
at least two porous carrier layers which are disposed between the two electrodes, the two electrodes being connected to the adjacent porous carrier layers without a spatial interval,
a plurality of glass solder webs disposed between the two electrodes for fixing the at least two porous carrier layers, and
at least one photovoltaically active material which is introduced into the at least two porous carrier layers and has a concentration gradient.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A photovoltaic element comprising:
a front electrode and a further electrode wherein each of the front electrode and the further electrode comprises a glass substrate, an electrically conductive electrode layer which is disposed on the glass substrate and one electron- or hole-selective layer,
at least two porous carrier layers which are disposed between the front electrode and the further electrode, wherein the front electrode and the further electrode are each directly connected to one of the at least two porous carrier layers without a spatial interval,
a plurality of glass solder webs disposed between the front electrode and the further electrode for fixing the at least two porous carrier layers, and
at least one photovoltaically active material which is introduced into the at least two porous carrier layers and has a concentration gradient
wherein the at least one photovoltaically active material is a semiconducting perovskite having a general form K-M-A3, wherein K is a cation, M is a metal, and A is an anion.

2. The photovoltaic element according to claim 1 , wherein the electrically conductive electrode layer of the front electrode and/or the electrically conductive electrode layer of the further electrode is transparent.

3. The photovoltaic element according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two porous carrier layers have a different pore size, wherein a porous carrier layer next to the front electrode having the smallest pore size and a pore size of a porous carrier layers increasing at increasing distance from the front electrode.

4. The photovoltaic element according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two porous carrier layers are electrically conductive or electrically insulating.

5. The photovoltaic element according to claim 1 , wherein an extension of the at least two porous carrier layers between adjacent glass solder webs is 3 to 10 mm and/or the thickness of all of the at least two porous carrier layers in total is 0.5 to 20 μm.

6. The photovoltaic element according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two porous carrier layers consist of a material selected from the group consisting of TiO 2 , TiN, SiN, TiC, SiC, Al 2 O 3 , ZrO 2 , SiO 2 , Fe 2 O 3 , nickel oxides, chromium oxides, cobalt oxides, glass pigments, carbon black, graphite, and combinations thereof.

7. The photovoltaic element according to claim 1 , wherein the electrically conductive electrode layer consists of a material selected from the group consisting of SnO 2 :F, ZnO:Al, indium tin oxide, and combinations thereof.

8. The photovoltaic element according to claim 1 , wherein the electron- or hole-selective layer comprises a material selected from the group consisting of titanium dioxide, nickel oxide, tungsten oxide, iron oxide, chromium oxide, cobalt oxide, manganese oxide, molybdenum oxide, niobium oxide, copper oxide, antimony oxide, tin oxide, zinc oxide, bismuth oxide, lead oxide, cerium oxide, carbon black, platinum, silver and palladium.

9. The photovoltaic element according to claim 1 , wherein channel structures for pouring in solutions are introduced inside the front electrode and the further electrode and also between the glass solder webs and the at least two porous carrier layers.

10. The photovoltaic element according to claim 1 , wherein in the semiconducting perovskites of the general form K-M-A3 the K is selected from the group consisting of Cs + , CH 3 NH 3 + , Li + , imidazolium cations, ammonium cations, pyridinium cations, bipyridyls, Ca 2+ and Mg 2+ , M is selected from the group consisting of Pb, Sn, Bi, Fe, Mn, Cu, Co, W, Ti and Zn and A is selected from the group consisting of I − , Cl − , F − , Br − , SCN − , BF 4 − , OTf − ,MnO 4 − , S 2− , and SO 4 2− .

11. A photovoltaic module comprising an internal electrical series connection of at least two photovoltaic elements, each including:
a front electrode and a further electrode wherein each of the front electrode and the further electrode comprises a glass substrate, an electrically conductive electrode layer which is disposed on the glass substrate and one electron- or hole-selective layer, at least two porous carrier layers which are disposed between the front electrode and the further electrode, wherein the front electrode and the further electrode are each directly connected to one of the at least two porous carrier layers without a spatial interval, a plurality of glass solder webs disposed between the front electrode and the further electrode for fixing the at least two porous carrier layers, and at least one photovoltaically active material which is introduced into the at least two porous carrier layers and has a concentration gradient wherein the at least one photovoltaically active material is a semiconducting perovskite having a general form K-M-A3, wherein K is a cation, M is a metal, and A is an anion.

Assignees

• Fraunhofer Ges Forschung

Inventors

• Hinsch Andreas
• Brandt Henning

Classifications

• Y02E10/549

  Organic PV cells · CPC title

• H01G9/2031

  comprising titanium oxide, e.g. TiO2 (H01G9/2036 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01G9/204

  comprising zinc oxides, e.g. ZnO (H01G9/2036 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01G9/0029

  Processes of manufacture · CPC title

• H01G9/2059

  comprising an organic dye as the active light absorbing material, e.g. adsorbed on an electrode or dissolved in solution · CPC title