Toward Large-Area and Fully Solution-Sheared Perovskite Solar Cells.

The solution shearing technique was used to prepare the various layers involved in perovskite solar cells (PSCs), with a device structure of FTO/c-TiO2/mp-TiO2/CH3NH3PbI3/Spiro-OMeTAD/Ag, in an area as large as 6 × 10 cm2. The film morphology and thickness of each layer were optimized by varying respective shearing parameters. The fully solution-sheared PSCs exhibited a champion power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 15.89%. In comparison, the PSCs with only perovskite layer solution-sheared and other layers spin-coated showed a high PCE of 17.27%. These results demonstrate the potential of a simple, rapid, cost-effective, and scalable solution shearing process to fabricate large-area PSCs and modules.