Costs and toxicity concerns are at the center of a heated debate regarding the implementation of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) into commercial products. The first bottleneck could be overcome by eliminating the top metal electrode, generally gold, and the underlying hole transporting material and substituting both with one single thick layer of conductive carbon, as in the so-called carbon-based PSCs (C-PSCs). The second issue, related to the presence of lead, can be tackled by resorting to other perovskite structures based on less toxic metallic components. An interesting case is that of the double perovskite Cs 2 AgBiBr 6 , which at present still lacks the outstanding optoelectronic performances of the lead-based counterparts, but is very stable to environmental factors. In this work, we report on the processing of carbon electrodes onto Cs 2 AgBiBr 6 -based C-PSCs starting from an additive-free isopropanol ink of a carbon material obtained from the hydrothermal recycling of waste tires and employing a high-throughput ultrasonic spray coating method in normal environmental conditions. Through this highly sustainable approach, that ensures a valuable step from an end-of-life to an end-of-waste status for used tires, we obtain devices delivering a record open circuit voltage of 1.293 V, which might in the future represent ultra-cheap solutions to power the indoor Internet of Things ecosystem.

High open-circuit voltage Cs2AgBiBr6 carbon-based perovskite solar cells via green processing of ultrasonic spray-coated carbon electrodes from waste tire sources

Lago, Nicolo';Cester, Andrea;Meneghesso, Gaudenzio;Gross, Silvia;Lamberti, Francesco;
2022

Abstract

Costs and toxicity concerns are at the center of a heated debate regarding the implementation of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) into commercial products. The first bottleneck could be overcome by eliminating the top metal electrode, generally gold, and the underlying hole transporting material and substituting both with one single thick layer of conductive carbon, as in the so-called carbon-based PSCs (C-PSCs). The second issue, related to the presence of lead, can be tackled by resorting to other perovskite structures based on less toxic metallic components. An interesting case is that of the double perovskite Cs 2 AgBiBr 6 , which at present still lacks the outstanding optoelectronic performances of the lead-based counterparts, but is very stable to environmental factors. In this work, we report on the processing of carbon electrodes onto Cs 2 AgBiBr 6 -based C-PSCs starting from an additive-free isopropanol ink of a carbon material obtained from the hydrothermal recycling of waste tires and employing a high-throughput ultrasonic spray coating method in normal environmental conditions. Through this highly sustainable approach, that ensures a valuable step from an end-of-life to an end-of-waste status for used tires, we obtain devices delivering a record open circuit voltage of 1.293 V, which might in the future represent ultra-cheap solutions to power the indoor Internet of Things ecosystem.
2022
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