Publication detail

Plasma-treatment applications for fabricating third-generation solar cells

HOMOLA, T. POSPÍŠIL, J.

Original Title

Plasma-treatment applications for fabricating third-generation solar cells

Type

book chapter

Language

English

Original Abstract

Low-temperature plasma processing is an interesting method of enhancing the performance and stability of nanostructured surfaces and interfaces in thin-film solar cell devices, and—most importantly—it enables manufacturing under low-temperature ambient conditions. In the last decade, traditional low-pressure batch processing using ultrapure gases has considerably shifted toward continuous processing under atmospheric conditions. Continuously processing optoelectronic nanomaterials by sheet-to-sheet (S2S) and roll-to-roll (R2R) methods represents a manufacturing revolution leading to low-cost, large-area, light-weight, flexible printed devices. However, S2S and R2R manufacturing requires nanomaterials to be quickly processed at low temperatures. Low-temperature atmospheric-pressure plasma can provide sufficient reactive and energetic species to rapidly process thermally sensitive surfaces and interfaces in thin-film solar cells and enable alternative manufacturing methods to time-consuming high-temperature processing. This chapter discusses recent advancements in the low-temperature plasma processing of various nano surfaces and interfaces in third-generation thin-film solar cells, which will importantly impact energy harvesting.

Keywords

Low-temperature plasma;Cold plasma treatment;Third-generation solar cells;TiO2 mesoporous film;Electron-transport layer;Perovskite solar cells;Thin-film solar cells;Photovoltaics;Dielectric barrier discharge

Authors

HOMOLA, T.; POSPÍŠIL, J.

Released

12. 8. 2022

ISBN

978-0-323-89930-7

Book

Plasma at the Nanoscale

Edition

Elsevier Inc. (Amsterdam)

Edition number

1

Pages from

137

Pages to

166

Pages count

30

URL

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780323899307000017

BibTex

@inbook{BUT180235,
  author="Tomáš {Homola} and Jan {Pospíšil}",
  title="Plasma-treatment applications for fabricating third-generation solar cells",
  booktitle="Plasma at the Nanoscale",
  year="2022",
  series="Elsevier Inc. (Amsterdam)",
  edition="1",
  pages="137--166",
  doi="10.1016/B978-0-323-89930-7.00001-7",
  isbn="978-0-323-89930-7",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780323899307000017"
}