Perovskite solar cell configurations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12520601-B2
Application number	US-202418917170-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 16, 2024
Priority date	Jul 24, 2017
Publication date	Jan 6, 2026
Grant date	Jan 6, 2026

Abstract

Various perovskite solar cell embodiments include a flexible metal substrate (e.g., including a metal doped TiO 2 layer), a perovskite layer, and a transparent electrode layer (e.g., including a dielectric/metal/dielectric structure), wherein the perovskite layer is provided between the flexible metal substrate and the transparent electrode layer. Also, various tandem solar cell embodiments including a perovskite solar cell and either a quantum dot solar cell, and organic solar cell or a thin film solar cell.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A tandem solar cell, comprising:
(i) a perovskite solar cell comprising:
a flexible metal substrate including a metal foil layer;
a perovskite layer, and
a transparent electrode layer including a dielectric/metal/dielectric structure, wherein the perovskite layer is provided between the flexible metal substrate and the transparent electrode layer, and wherein the transparent electrode layer enables illumination of the perovskite layer through the transparent electrode layer; and
(ii) an organic solar cell comprising a polymer layer, wherein the polymer layer is provided on top of the transparent electrode layer of the perovskite solar cell and comprises a conductive organic polymer for light absorption and charge transport to produce electricity.

2 . The tandem solar cell according to claim 1 , further comprising a second transparent electrode layer including a dielectric/metal/dielectric structure, wherein the second transparent electrode layer is provided on top of the polymer layer.

3 . The tandem solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible metal substrate of the perovskite solar cell includes a metal doped TiO 2 layer provided on top of the metal foil layer.

4 . The tandem solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible metal substrate comprises a non-transparent flexible metal substrate, the flexible metal substrate being a bottom-most layer of the perovskite solar cell and comprising a metal doped TiO 2 layer provided on top of the metal foil layer made of a first metal, wherein the metal doped TiO 2 layer is doped with a second metal different than the first metal other than titanium, the flexible metal substrate not including a plurality of nanoparticles, and wherein the transparent electrode layer is a top-most layer of the perovskite solar cell facing opposite to the bottom-most layer.

5 . The tandem solar cell according to claim 4 , wherein the first metal is titanium.

6 . The tandem solar cell according to claim 4 , wherein the metal of the dielectric/metal/dielectric structure is Au, Al or Ag.

7 . The tandem solar cell according to claim 4 , wherein the dielectric/metal/dielectric structure includes at least one of TiO 2 , ZnO, MoO and NiO.

8 . The tandem solar cell according to claim 4 , wherein the dielectric/metal/dielectric structure comprises MoO/Au/MoO, TiO 2 /Au/MoO, ZnO/Ag/NiO, MoO/Al/MoO or MoO/Ag/NiO.

9 . The tandem solar cell according to claim 4 , wherein the second metal is tantalum.

10 . The tandem solar cell according to claim 4 , wherein the second metal is iron.

11 . The tandem solar cell according to claim 4 , wherein the second metal is niobium.

12 . The tandem solar cell according to claim 4 , wherein the second metal is aluminum.

13 . The tandem solar cell according to claim 4 , the flexible metal substrate being a bottom-most layer of the perovskite solar cell and including a metal doped TiO 2 layer, the flexible metal substrate not including a plurality of nanoparticles, wherein the metal doped TiO 2 layer is doped with a metal other than titanium, and wherein the transparent electrode layer is a top-most layer of the perovskite solar cell facing opposite to the bottom-most layer.

14 . The tandem solar cell according to claim 13 , wherein the metal doped TiO 2 layer is an aluminum doped TiO 2 layer.

15 . The tandem solar cell according to claim 13 , wherein the metal doped TiO 2 layer is a niobium doped TiO 2 layer.

16 . The tandem solar cell according to claim 13 , wherein the metal foil layer is a titanium foil layer, and wherein the metal doped TiO 2 layer is provided on the titanium foil layer.

17 . The tandem solar cell according to claim 13 , wherein the metal doped TiO 2 layer is a tantalum doped TiO 2 layer.

18 . The tandem solar cell according to claim 13 , wherein the metal doped TiO 2 layer is an iron doped TiO 2 layer.

Assignees

• Univ Pittsburgh Commonwealth Sys Higher Education
• Univ Of Pittsburgh—Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education

Inventors

• Lee Jung-Kun
• Han Gillsang

Classifications

• H10K85/50

  Organic perovskites; Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites [HOIP], e.g. CH3NH3PbI3 · CPC title

• H10F10/161

  comprising multiple PN heterojunctions, e.g. tandem cells · CPC title

• H10K30/82

  Transparent electrodes, e.g. indium tin oxide [ITO] electrodes · CPC title

• H10K30/35

  comprising inorganic nanostructures, e.g. CdSe nanoparticles · CPC title

• H01G9/204

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