Encapsulation Perovskite Solar Cells with Ultrathin Plasma Polymer: Enhanced Moisture and Water Resistance
Jesus Idígoras a, Francisco J. Aparicio b, Lidia Contreras-Bernal a, Susana Ramos-Terrón a, María Alcaire b, Darío Jumilla b, Juan Ramón Sánchez-Valencia b, Ana Borrás b, Ángel Barranco b, Juan A. Anta a
a Pablo de Olavide University, Sevilla, Spain, Carretera de Utrera, km. 1, Montequinto, Spain
b Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla (CSIC-US), ES, Calle Américo Vespucio, 49, Sevilla, Spain
International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics
Proceedings of 13th Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (HOPV21)
Online, Spain, 2021 May 24th - 28th
Organizers: Marina Freitag, Feng Gao and Sam Stranks
Oral, Lidia Contreras-Bernal, presentation 050
Publication date: 11th May 2021

A  compromise  between  high  power  conversion  efficiency  and  long-term  stability  of  hybrid organic-inorganic metal halide perovskite solar cells is necessary for their outdoor photovoltaic application and commercialization. Herein, We have developed a method to improve the stability of perovskite solar cells under water and moisture exposure consisting in the encapsulation of the cell with an ultrathin  plasma  polymer. The  deposition  of  the  polymer  is  carried  out  at  room temperature by the remote plasma vacuum deposition of adamantane powder. This encapsulation method  does  not  affect  the  photovoltaic  performance  of  the  tested  devices  and  is  virtually compatible with any device configuration independently of the chemical composition. After 30 days under ambient conditions with a relative humidity in the 35% – 60% range, the absorbance of  encapsulated  perovskite  films  remains  practically  unaltered.  The  deterioration  in  the photovoltaic performance of the corresponding encapsulated devices becomes also significantly delayed  with  respect  to  devices  without  encapsulation  when  vented  continuously  with  very humid air (RH > 85%). More impressively, when encapsulated solar devices were immersed in liquid water, the photovoltaic performance was not affected at least within the first 60 seconds. In fact, it has been possible to measure the power conversion efficiency of encapsulated devices under operation in water. The proposed method opens up a new promising strategy to develop stable photovoltaic and photocatalytic perovskite devices.

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