I-Corps: Rapid Photonic Treatment for High-Speed Printing of Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells

I-Corps：用于高速打印柔性钙钛矿太阳能电池的快速光子处理

• 批准号: 1753822
• 负责人: Dawen Li
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-10-15 至 2020-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1753822&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Rapid; Photonic; Treatment; Speed

The broader impact and commercial potential of this I-Corps project is to provide a path for integrating photovoltaics into a wide range of new form factors. The project will first explore the commercial potential of integrating high-performance, light-weight flexible solar panels onto freight truck trailers, shading fabrics, and military tents. When the large exterior surfaces of a freight truck trailer are covered by high-efficiency solar panels the technology can significantly improve overall diesel fuel efficiencies. Retrofitting flexible solar panels onto shading fabrics, such as canopies, awnings, and car parking ports can potentially allow for local, potentially off-grid, power sources. The flexible solar panels will also potentially help the military cope with their power needs for operations occur in remote locations. All these applications rely on the new form factors the core technology in this project enables.This I-Corps project is based on core technology that overcomes major obstacles in perovskite solar cells, including their short lifetime, lengthy processing steps, and substantial efficiency drops from large-area fabrication on flexible substrates. Commonly used annealing approaches require prolonged heating at high temperatures to attain desired material properties. Therefore, they are not typically compatible with high-speed printing. The technology developed here accomplishes a rapid layer-specific photonic treatment for the target layer without damaging the underlying flexible substrate and perovskite materials. This innovative technology enables large-scale manufacturing of durable and fully-flexible perovskite solar cells through high-speed printing.

这个I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响和商业潜力是为将光化学集成到广泛的新形式因素中提供一条途径。该项目将首先探索将高性能、轻质柔性太阳能电池板集成到货运卡车拖车、遮阳织物和军用帐篷上的商业潜力。当货运卡车拖车的大型外表面被高效太阳能电池板覆盖时，该技术可以显着提高整体柴油燃料效率。 将柔性太阳能电池板改装到遮阳织物上，例如檐篷，遮阳篷和停车场端口，可以潜在地允许本地，潜在地离网，电源。柔性太阳能电池板还将有助于军方科普偏远地区的电力需求。 所有这些应用都依赖于该项目的核心技术所带来的新的形状因素。I-Corps项目基于核心技术，克服了钙钛矿太阳能电池的主要障碍，包括寿命短，加工步骤长，以及在柔性基板上大面积制造的效率大幅下降。常用的退火方法需要在高温下长时间加热以获得所需的材料性能。因此，它们通常与高速打印不兼容。这里开发的技术实现了对目标层的快速层特定光子处理，而不会损坏底层的柔性衬底和钙钛矿材料。这项创新技术可以通过高速印刷大规模制造耐用和完全柔性的钙钛矿太阳能电池。

项目成果

Toward Scalable Perovskite Solar Modules Using Blade Coating and Rapid Thermal Processing

• DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.0c00180
• 发表时间: 2020-04
• 期刊: ACS Applied Energy Materials
• 影响因子: 6.4
• 作者: Zhongliang Ouyang;Mengjin Yang;James B. Whitaker;Dawen Li;M. Van Hest