Photovoltaic device and method of manufacture using ferovs
AssigneeSwansea University
InventorsCecile Charbonneau, Matthew Carnie
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Abstract
The photovoltaic device is formed by coating a substrate with a transparent conducting oxide and then this layer is coated with a dioxide layer. The dioxide layer is then coated in a single step with a precursor solution including metal oxide nanoparticles and perovskites and this precursor can be heated to form a scaffold having a perovskite light absorber and electron transporter. A conductor is added to form a connection with the scaffold and it is envisaged that because a single step relatively low temperature process is used to form the scaffold then this can be painted onto a surface and cured in situ making it a very economical process.
Claims16
A method of making a photovoltaic device the method including:
- providing a substrate;
- forming a compact layer on the substrate;
- characterised in that the compact layer is coated with a precursor solution including metal oxide nanoparticles and perovskites and said precursor solution is heated to form a scaffold having a perovskite light absorber and electron transporter therein, following which a conductor is added to form a connection with the scaffold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.