Solar cell and method for preparing same, photovoltaic module and power consuming device
The present application relates to a solar cell and a method for preparing the same, a photovoltaic module, and a power consuming device. The solar cell may have a plurality of sub-cells, each of the plurality of sub-cells including a first electrode layer, a photovoltaic conversion module, and a second electrode layer that may be sequentially stacked along a thickness direction of the sub-cell, the second electrode layer including a main body portion and a connection portion electrically connected to the main body portion, and the connection portion of one of the plurality of sub-cells being configured to be electrically connected to the first electrode layer of another sub-cell, such that the plurality of sub-cells may be electrically connected, where a thickness of the main body portion may be greater than that of the connection portion.
1. A solar cell having a plurality of sub-cells on a substrate, each of the plurality of sub-cells comprising a first electrode layer, a photovoltaic conversion module, and a second electrode layer that are sequentially stacked along a thickness direction of the sub-cell, the second electrode layer comprising a main body portion and a connection portion electrically connected to the main body portion, the connecting portion including a part formed on a surface of the first electrode layer facing away from the substrate in a hollow-out portion and another part extending from the part in the thickness direction in contact with a side surface of the photoelectric conversion module, and the connection portion of one of the plurality of sub-cells being configured to be electrically connected to the first electrode layer of another sub-cell, such that the plurality of sub-cells are electrically connected,
wherein a thickness of the main body portion is greater than that of the part of the connection portion formed on the surface of the first electrode layer facing away from the substrate in the hollow-out portion;
a ratio of the thickness of the main body portion to that of the connection portion is denoted by A, and 1<A≤10;
each of the plurality of sub-cells comprises a barrier layer for blocking transport of first charges, and the barrier layer is disposed between the photovoltaic conversion module and the main body portion;
a ratio of a thickness of the barrier layer to that of the main body portion is denoted by C, and 0.01≤C≤0.2; and
the second electrode layer comprises a first material and a second material, the first material is provided on a side of the photovoltaic conversion module that faces away from the first electrode layer to form a first film layer, the second material is provided in the hollowed-out portion and a side of the first film layer that faces away from the first electrode layer to form a second film layer, and the first material is different from the second material.
2. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein
the main body portions are made of the same material; and
optionally, the material of the main body portion comprises aurum (Au), argentum (Ag), cuprum (Cu), aluminum (Al), a transparent conductive oxide (TCO), or carbon.
3. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein
a ratio of a weight of the barrier layer to that of the main body portion is denoted by B, and 0.001≤B≤0.2.
4. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein
the photovoltaic conversion module comprises a first charge transport layer, a photovoltaic conversion layer, and a second charge transport layer that are sequentially stacked along the thickness direction of the sub-cell, and the first charge transport layer is located between the first electrode layer and the photovoltaic conversion layer; and
wherein the material of the first charge transport layer comprises at least one of poly [bis (4-phenyl)(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl) amine (PTAA), poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)(PEDOT), nickel oxide (NiOx), Cul, and Cu 2 O; and/or
the material of the photovoltaic conversion layer conforms to the ABX 3 crystal structure, wherein A comprises at least one of methylammonium (MA), formamide (FA), and cesium (Cs), B comprises at least one of plumbum (Pb), stannum (Sn), and cuprum (Cu), and X comprises at least one of bromine (Br), chlorine (CI), and iodine (I); and/or
the material of the second charge transport layer comprises at least one of C60, stannic oxide (SnO 2 ), a fullerene derivative, and titanium oxide (TiO 2 ).
5. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein
the material of the first electrode layer comprises aurum (Au), argentum (Ag), cuprum (Cu), aluminum (Al), a transparent conductive oxide (TCO), or carbon.
6. A photovoltaic module comprising a plurality of solar cells according to claim 1 .
7. A power consuming device comprising the photovoltaic module according to claim 6 , the photovoltaic module being configured to provide electrical energy.