IP Library Granted Patent US 11,895,906
Granted Patent B2
US 11,895,906 · App. 17/506,977 · Granted Feb 6, 2024

Cross linked surface coating and interfacial layer for a perovskite material photovoltaic device

Inventors: Michael David Irwin (Heath, TX); Kamil Mielczarek (Rowlett, TX); Nicholas Charles Anderson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee: CubicPV Inc.
H10K85/211C08G77/385C08K3/045C08L25/06C09D125/08C09D125/18C09D129/04C09D135/00C09D139/06H01L21/56H01L23/293H10K85/215Y02E10/549
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Patent No.
US 11,895,906
App. No.
17/506,977
Granted
Feb 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing a perovskite material photovoltaic device, the method comprising: depositing a layer comprising a fullerene or fullerene derivative on a perovskite material; depositing a cross-linking agent on the perovskite material or the layer comprising the fullerene or fullerene derivative, wherein the cross-linking agent comprises a silane, wherein the silane is a halosilyalkane; and depositing one or more polymers on the perovskite material or the layer comprising the fullerene or fullerene derivative.

Claims (14)

1. A method for producing a perovskite material photovoltaic device comprising:

depositing a fullerene or fullerene derivative, a cross-linking agent, and one or more polymers on a perovskite material to form a crosslinked fullerene interfacial layer on the perovskite material,

wherein the cross-linking agent comprises a silane, and wherein the silane is a halosilyalkane.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising functionalizing the fullerene or fullerene derivative with an alkyl hydroxide.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more polymers comprise a polyvinylaryl.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more polymers are selected from the group consisting of: 4-(polyvinylphenol), poly(3-vinylphenol), poly(2-vinylphenol), poly(3,5-dihydroxy styrene), poly(3,4-dihydroxy styrene), poly(3,4,5-trihydroxystyrene), poly(4-chlorostyrene), and any combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fullerene or fullerene derivative is selected from the group consisting of: [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester, [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid, polyhydroxylfullerene, and any combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fullerene or fullerene derivative is selected from the group consisting of: a unsubstituted fullerene, a substituted fullerene, an endohedral fullerene, an exohedral fullerene, and any combination thereof.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more polymers are selected from the group consisting of: polystyrene, polyvinylnapthalenes, polyvinylphenols, polyvinylanilines,

polyvinylbenzoic acid, olyvinylhaloarene, polyvinylpyridine, polyvinylthiophene, polyvinylpyrrole, polyvinylfuran, polyvinylpyrrolidone, and any combination thereof.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more polymers are selected from

the group consisting of: polyolefins, polyvinyl alcohols, polyvinylacetate, polyvinylhalides, polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylate, polymethylmethacrylate, polyacrylonitrile, polyvinylcyclohexane, polyvinylamines, polyvinylthiols, and any combination thereof.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in the crosslinked fullerene interfacial layer, the one or more polymers are crosslinked by the crosslinking agent.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in the crosslinked fullerene interfacial layer, the one or more polymers and the fullerene or fullerene derivative are crosslinked by the crosslinking agent.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2022
From: CUBIC PEROVSKITE LLC
To: CUBICPV INC.
Reel/Frame 058786/0766 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2021
From: IRWIN, MICHAEL DAVID; MIELCZAREK, KAMIL; ANDERSON, NICHOLAS CHARLES
To: HUNT PEROVSKITE TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 057864/0205 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 21, 2021
From: HUNT PEROVSKITE TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
To: CUBIC PEROVSKITE LLC
Reel/Frame 057885/0284 →
Continuity (3)
Division 17102241 · Nov 23, 2020
Provisional Application 62941320 · Nov 27, 2019
Related Publication 20220045275A1 · Feb 10, 2022