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Fabrication of perovskite solar cell with high short-circuit current density (JSC) using moth-eye structure of SiOX

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The performance of solar cells is determined by three factors: the open-circuit voltage (VOC), short-circuit current density (JSC), and fill factor (FF). The VOC and FF are determined by the material bandgap and the series/shunt resistance, respectively. However, JSC is determined by the amount of incident light in addition to the bandgap of the material. In this study, a moth-eye pattern was formed on a glass surface via direct printing to increase the amount of incident light and thus increase JSC. The moth-eye pattern is a typical antireflection pattern that reduces the reflection by gradually increasing the refractive index. A flat perovskite solar cell (F-PSC) and a moth-eye patterned perovskite solar cell (M-PSC) had JSC values of 23.70 and 25.50 mA/cm2, respectively. The power-conversion efficiencies of the F-PSC and M-PSC were 19.81% and 21.77%, respectively.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Technology Innovation Program (No. N0002310) funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE, Republic of Korea), Creative Materials Discovery Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) funded by Ministry of Science and ICT (No. NRF-2018M3D1A1058972) and the Materials and Components Technology Development Program program of MOTIE/KEIT (No. 10080352, Development of polymer-based adhesive light concentration film for solar cell with 85% light transmittance, 1m2 area).

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    Sucheol Ju, Minseop Byun, Junho Jun, Daihong Huh & Heon Lee

  2. KIER-UNIST Advanced Center for Energy, Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), UNIST-Gil 50, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, 689-851, Republic of Korea

    Minjin Kim, Dong Suk Kim & Yimhyun Jo

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Ju, S., Byun, M., Kim, M. et al. Fabrication of perovskite solar cell with high short-circuit current density (JSC) using moth-eye structure of SiOX. Nano Res. 13, 1156–1161 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-2763-3

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