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US 12,213,330 · App. 17/630,356 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Precursor solution, a perovskite solar cell and a preparation method thereof

Inventors: Shuai Gu (Shanghai, CN); Lei Xing (Shanghai, CN); Jianguo Yu (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: East China University of Science and Technology
H10K30/88C09K11/02C09K11/0827H10K71/00
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Patent No.
US 12,213,330
App. No.
17/630,356
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides a precursor solution, a perovskite solar cell and a preparation method thereof. The solute of the precursor solution includes a metal halide, the solvent of the precursor solution is an organic solvent, and the precursor solution contains nanobubbles, which have a diameter not more than 1000 nm, and the zeta potential of the precursor solution does not exceed-20 mV. The method of preparing the precursor solution includes: (1) preparing an organic solvent containing nanobubbles; (2) dissolving a solute in the organic solvent containing nanobubbles. The precursor solution of the disclosure has a very low zeta potential, and the nanobubbles can exist stably in the organic solvent(s) for up to one month. When comparing with traditional methods for preparing the precursor solution of the perovskite cells, the method for preparing the precursor solution of the disclosure can effectively improve the stability, reproducibility and solubility of the metal halide in the organic solvent(s).

Claims (12)

1. A precursor solution, wherein the solute of the precursor solution comprises a metal halide, the solvent of the precursor solution is an organic solvent, and the precursor solution contains nanobubbles, wherein the diameter of the nanobubbles is not more than 1000 nm, and the zeta potential of the precursor solution is not more than −20 mV.

2. The precursor solution of claim 1 , wherein the metal halide comprises at least one of lead halide, tin halide, indium halide, silver halide, antimony halide, bismuth halide, lithium halide, beryllium halide, sodium halide, magnesium halide, aluminum halide, potassium halide, calcium halide, scandium halide, titanium halide, vanadium halide, chromium halide, manganese halide, iron halide, cobalt halide, nickel halide, copper halide, zinc halide, gallium halide, germanium halide, rubidium halide, strontium halide, yttrium halide, zirconium halide, niobium halide, molybdenum halide, technetium halide, ruthenium halide, rhodium halide, palladium halide, cadmium halide, cesium halide, barium halide, lanthanide halide, hafnium halide, tantalum halide, tungsten halide, rhenium halide, osmium halide, iridium halide, platinum halide, gold halide, mercury halide, thallium halide, polonium halide, and actinium halide.

3. The precursor solution of claim 1 , wherein the organic solvent comprises at least one of an aromatic hydrocarbon-based organic solvent, an aliphatic hydrocarbon-based organic solvent, an alicyclic hydrocarbon-based organic solvent, a halogenated hydrocarbon-based organic solvent, an alcohol-based organic solvent, an ether-based organic solvent, an ester-based organic solvents, a ketone-based organic solvent, a pyridine-based organic solvent, a phenol-based organic solvent, a nitrile-based organic solvent, and a sulfone-based organic solvent.

4. The precursor solution of claim 1 , wherein the solubility of the solute in the organic solvent containing nanobubbles is higher than that of without nanobubbles.

5. A method for preparing the precursor solution of claim 1 , which comprising the following steps:

(1) preparing an organic solvent contains nanobubbles;

(2) dissolving a solute into the organic solvent contains nanobubbles.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the process of preparing nanobubbles in step (1) comprises treating the organic solvent using at least one of the following: mechanical stirring, sonic vibration, electrolysis, atomization, hydrodynamic cavitation, optical cavitation, and the like.

7. A perovskite absorption layer, wherein the perovskite absorption layer comprises an organic component and a precursor solution of claim 1 , wherein the organic component includes at least one of methyl ammonium iodide, methyl bromide, chloromethylammonium, formamidine hydroiodide, formamidine hydrobromide, and formamidine hydrochloride.

8. The perovskite absorption layer of claim 7 , wherein the organic component is added to the precursor solution and then coated on the surface of a substrate to form a perovskite absorption layer.

9. The perovskite absorption layer of claim 7 , wherein the precursor solution is coated on the surface of a substrate, and then the organic component is coated thereon to form a perovskite absorption layer.

10. A perovskite solar cell, wherein the perovskite solar cell comprises the perovskite absorption layer of claim 7 , a substrate, a carrier transport layer, and an electrode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2022
From: GU, SHUAI; XING, LEI; YU, JIANGUO
To: EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 058794/0873 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110243903.2 · Mar 5, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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