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- the present invention pertains to a photo-voltaic element.
- the present invention further pertains to a method of
- a photo-voltaic element is disclosed in CN 105140398 that comprises a conductive substrate; a uniform electron transport layer; a dielectric layer; a metal layer; and a perovskite layer as a photo-electric conversion layer.
- the latter has a plurality of channels through the dielectric layer and the metal layer that contact the electron transport layer. Accordingly the perovskite photo-electric conversion layer has its electric contacts for delivering electrical energy at the same side. Therewith it can be avoided that light to be converted has to pass through an electrode layer, as a result of which it would be attenuated before conversion.
- the cited document also presents a method of manufacturing the photo-voltaic element disclosed therein.
- a substrate is provided of a transparent conductive glass and an electron transport layer is deposited thereon by magnetron sputtering ZnO.
- a layer of dispersed PS pellets having an original diameter of 2 um is deposited resulting in a hexagonal close-packed structure of said PS pellets.
- the PS ball diameter is subsequently reduced to 1 um by dry etching using RIE.
- a dielectric layer of A12O3 is deposited thereon using ALD deposition followed by magneton sputtering of an Au layer.
- the PS pellets and the portions of the A12O3 layer and the Au layer deposited thereon are removed, so that an Au mesh is obtained that is insulated from the electron transport layer.
- a perovskite layer is spin coated thereon that both contacts the Au mesh and the ZnO electron transport layer.
- WO2017/060700 published after the priority date of this document also uses a lift-off process. As shown for example in FIG. 2, subsequently:
- the patterned resist layer is formed on the lower electrode (a) the insulator and HCE layer are deposited thereon (b)
- the patterned resist layer and the portions of the insulator layer and HCE layer present thereon are removed in the lift-off step (c).
- a photo-voltaic element is provided as claimed in claim 1.
- a method of manufacturing a photo-voltaic element is provided as claimed in claim 8.
- the photo-voltaic element is provided as claimed in claim 1 comprises a stack of layers that at least include in the order named: a first electrode layer, a first charge carrier transport layer, an insulating layer, a second electrode layer, an second charge carrier transport layer, and a photo-electric conversion layer.
- the first electrode layer is provided for receiving charge carriers of a first polarity, for example electrons, or alternatively for receiving holes as the charge carrier.
- the first charge carrier transport layer is provided for transport of charge carriers having the first polarity.
- the first electrode layer is a cathode provided for receiving electrons as the charge carrier then the first charge carrier transport layer is an electron transport layer.
- the first electrode layer is an anode provided for receiving holes as the charge carrier then the first charge carrier transport layer is a hole transport layer.
- the insulating layer may be provided of any sufficiently insulating organic or inorganic material.
- the second electrode layer is provided for receiving charge carriers of a second polarity opposite to the first polarity.
- the second electrode layer is an anode and vice versa.
- the second charge carrier transport layer is provided for transport of charge carriers having the second polarity. Accordingly the second charge carrier transport layer is a hole transport layer if the second electrode layer is an anode and an electron transport layer if the second electrode layer is a cathode.
- the photo-electric conversion layer comprises a plurality of distributed extensions that extend through the second charge carrier transport layer, the second electrode layer and the insulating layer to the first charge carrier transport layer.
- the photo-electric conversion layer is the uppermost layer of the stack (apart from e.g. a protection layer or encapsulation), it is not necessary that the various layers are transparent.
- the electrodes may be formed as a metal layer, for example an aluminum or a copper layer, possibly sandwiched between intermediate layers, e.g. as MoAlMo or CrCUCr.
- a transparent electrically conductive material is used for the electrodes, for example a transparent electrically conductive oxide like ITO. This is advantageous in that the device so obtained is bilaterally sensitive. Alternatively, this may be combined with a substrate having a reflecting surface. In this embodiment, light entering the device that is not converted in the photo-electric conversion layer is reflected back to the latter, so that it can still be (partially) converted.
- the photo-electric conversion layer is electrically coupled to both the first charge carrier transport layer and the second charge carrier transport layer.
- solar radiation R does not need to traverse an electrode layer or a charge carrier transport layer, which contributes to an efficient operation of the photo-voltaic element.
- An optimal conversion efficiency is achieved by the presence of a charge carrier transport layer between the first electrode layer and the photo-electric conversion layer as well as between the second electrode layer and the photo-electric conversion layer.
- the effective cross-section is defined here as the diameter of a circle having an area corresponding to the cross-sectional area A of the extensions.
- the extensions are typically cylindrical. Alternatively the extensions may taper inward or outward.
- the extensions may have any cross-section, such as circular, square or triangular.
- the circumference O of the extensions is less than 10 times the effective diameter Deff and
- the extensions taper outward in a direction from the first charge carrier transport layer to the second charge carrier layer.
- material of the second charge carrier transport layer covers a surface of the second electrode surrounding the extensions. Therewith a contact surface provided for the photovoltaic layer is improved.
- the first charge carrier layer is absent in areas of the first electrode layer covered by the insulating layer. Also in this case, the stack formed in the product is deemed to comprise first charge carrier layer and a subsequent insulating layer, as the surface of the insulating- layer will be above a surface of the first charge carrier layer, when
- the photo-electric conversion layer is provided of a perovskite material.
- Perovskite materials typical have a crystal structure of ABX3, wherein A is an organic cation as methylammonium (CH.3NH:3) + , B is an inorganic cation, usually lead (II) (Pb 2+ ), and X is a halogen atom such as iodine ( ⁇ ), chlorine (CI ) or bromine (Br).
- Perovskite materials are particularly advantageous in that they can be processed relatively easily and in that their bandgap can be set to a desired value by a proper choice of the halide content.
- a typical example is methylammonium lead trihalicle (CHaNHaPbXa), with an optical bandgap between 1.5 and 2.3 eV depending on halide content.
- CHaNHaPbXa methylammonium lead trihalicle
- Cesium -formamidinum lead trihalide Cso.o5(H2NCHNH2)o.95Pbl2.85Bro. io
- Other metals such as tin may replace the role of Pb in perovskite materials.
- An example thereof is
- the photo-electric conversion layer is made of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS).
- CGS copper indium gallium selenide
- the ratio of mobility for holes and electrons may differ.
- the surface area of the HTL preferably is approximately 3x the surface area of the ETL for an optimal efficiency.
- the method as claimed in claim 13 enables manufacturing the photo-voltaic element of claim 1.
- the claimed method comprises the steps of:
- a first electrode layer for receiving charge carriers of a first polarity
- said resist layer is provided with a plurality of distributed openings towards said upper surface, the openings having an effective cross-section D in the range of 0.5 to 10 micron, and having an average pitch in the range of 1.1 to 5 times said effective cross-section,
- the method further comprises depositing a first charge carrier transport layer for transport of charge carriers having the first polarity and depositing a second charge carrier transport layer for transport of charge carriers having said second polarity.
- depositing the first charge carrier transport layer is subsequent to depositing the first electrode layer and preceding to depositing the insulating layer and said depositing the second charge carrier layer is subsequent to depositing the insulating layer and preceding depositing the resist layer.
- the second charge carrier transport layer is deposited with an electroplating process and subsequent to removing the resist layer, and preceding depositing and curing a photoelectric conversion layer.
- the first charge carrier transport layer is deposited with an electroplating process subsequent to removing the resist layer, and preceding depositing the second charge carrier layer.
- the method according to the present invention enables the deposition of a thicker stack of layers on the first charge carrier transport layer than would be possible when using the pellet based approach known from the prior art.
- the second charge carrier transport layer can be provided, therewith significantly improving efficiency of the photo-voltaic element.
- Various methods may be used for depositing and applying layers. These methods may include spin-coating, printing methods, slot-die coating and vapor deposition methods like physical vapor deposition (e.g. E-beam PVD, Sputter PVD), (spatial) Atomic Layer Deposition ((s)ALD), and chemical vapor deposition (e.g. plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD)).
- physical vapor deposition e.g. E-beam PVD, Sputter PVD
- (s)ALD) spatialal Atomic Layer Deposition
- chemical vapor deposition e.g. plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD)
- Etching processes may be apphed to remove a material (or a part of the material) from a surface either by a chemical reaction generated by the use of a reactive mix of gases (plasma-etching) or by submerging the substrates in a reactive solution where the layer is removed by dissolution or chemical reaction (wet-etching).
- plasma-etching a reactive mix of gases
- wet-etching a reactive solution where the layer is removed by dissolution or chemical reaction
- a selective etching is made possible by using a mask that locally protects the underlying layer(s).
- a patterning in such a mask may be obtained for example by optical lithography wherein hght is used to transfer a geometric pattern from a photo-mask to a light sensitive chemical photoresist on the substrate. Also imprinting can be applied to pattern the mask. Alternatively the mask may be directly applied in the desired pattern, for example by printing.
- FIG. 1A schematically shows a top-view of a semi-finished product obtained during performing a method according to the second aspect
- FIG. IB shows a cross-section according to IB-IB in FIG. 1A
- FIG. 2 A shows a top -view corresponding to the area IIA of a semifinished product obtained after an additional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect
- FIG. 2B shows a cross-section according to IIB-IIB in FIG. 2A
- FIG. 3A shows a top -view corresponding to the area IIA of a semifinished product obtained after a further additional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect
- FIG. 3B shows a cross-section according to IIIB-IIIB in FIG. 3A
- FIG. 4A shows a to -view corresponding to the area IIA of a semifinished product obtained after a still further additional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect
- FIG. 4B shows a cross-section according to IVB-IVB in FIG. 4A
- FIG. 4C shows in the same cross-section an optional
- FIG. 4D shows in the same cross-section an alternative optional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect
- FIG. 4E shows in the same cross-section a subsequent alternative optional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect
- FIG. 4F shows in the same cross-section a further subsequent alternative optional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect
- FIG. 4G shows in the same cross-section an alternative
- FIG. 5 shows in the same cross-section a first embodiment of a photo-voltaic element according to the first aspect obtained after a further manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect
- FIG. 6 shows in the same cross-section a second embodiment of a photo-voltaic element according to the first aspect
- FIG. 7 shows in the same cross-section a third embodiment of a photo-voltaic element according to the first aspect
- FIG. 8A shows a top -view corresponding to the area IIA of a fourth embodiment of a photo-voltaic element according to the first aspect
- FIG. 8B shows a cross-section according to VIIIB-VIIIB in FIG. 8A
- FIG. 9A shows a top -view corresponding to the area IIA of a semifinished product obtained after an additional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect
- FIG. 9B shows a cross-section according to IXB-IXB in FIG. 9A
- FIG. 10A shows a top-view corresponding to the area IIA of a semifinished product obtained after an additional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect
- FIG. 10B shows a cross-section according to XB-XB in FIG. 10A
- FIG. 11A shows a top-view corresponding to the area IIA of a semifinished product obtained after an additional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect
- FIG. 11B shows a cross-section according to XIB-XIB in FIG. 11A
- FIG. 12A shows a top-view corresponding to the area IIA of a semi- finished product obtained after an additional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect
- FIG. 12B shows a cross-section according to XIIB-XIIB in FIG.
- FIG. 12C shows a portion of the surface of the semi-finished product of FIG. 4B in more detail
- FIG. 12D shows a portion of the surface of the semi-finished product of FIG. 12B in more detail
- FIG. 13 shows a product obtained after the step of FIG. 12A, 12B
- FIG. 14A shows a top-view corresponding to the area IIA of a semi- finished product obtained after an additional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect
- FIG. 14B shows a cross-section according to XIVB-XIVB in FIG.
- FIG. 15A shows a top-view corresponding to the area IIA of a semi- finished product obtained after an additional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect
- FIG. 15B shows a cross-section according to XVB-XVB in FIG. 15A
- FIG. 16 shows a product obtained after the step of FIG. 15A
- FIG. 17A shows a top-view corresponding to the area IIA of a semifinished product obtained after an additional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect
- FIG. 17B shows a cross-section according to XVIIB-XVIIB in FIG.
- the photovoltaic element 1 comprises a substrate 10 and a stack of layers arranged thereon.
- the substrate 10 may be formed of a rigid material such as a metal (e.g. steel, copper or aluminum), silicon or glass or of a flexible material such as a polymer, e.g. a polymer like polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), or polyimide (PI). Also thin metal or glass are suitable substrates. If the substrate is conducting, an isolating layer may be deposited on that substrate to isolate the electrode from the substrate. Dependent on the application a thickness of the substrate may be selected in the range of a relatively small value e.g. 50 micron and a relatively large value, e.g. a few mm or more.
- the stack of layers may be formed of a rigid material such as a metal (e.g. steel, copper or aluminum), silicon or glass or of a flexible material such as a polymer, e.g. a polymer like polyethylene ter
- first electrode layer 20 subsequently includes at least a first electrode layer 20, a first charge carrier transport layer 30, an insulating layer 40, a second electrode layer 50, a second charge carrier transport layer 60, and a photo-electric conversion layer 70.
- the first electrode layer 20 is provided for receiving charge carriers of a first polarity.
- the first electrode layer 20 is an anode, i.e. arranged for receiving holes as the charge carriers.
- the first electrode layer 20 may for example have a thickness in the range of a few tens to a few hundreds of nanometers or even more.
- the first electrode layer 20 includes an aluminum sub layer having a thickness of 190 nm, which is sandwiched between a pair of nickel layers, each having a thickness of 5 nm.
- the first electrode layer is of molybdenum.
- the substrate is provided of a metal, it may also serve as a first electrode layer 20.
- the hole transport layer 30 is a hole transport layer, having a thickness in the range of 10 to 200 nm.
- the hole transport layer is formed by a
- nickeloxide layer having a thickness of 50 nm.
- the hole transport layer is formed by a MoSe layer.
- An insulating layer 40 is provided of an organic, e.g. a polymer, or inorganic insulating material, such as a metal oxide. Also a stack of materials can be used. Dependent on the material selected for the insulating layer, it may have a thickness in the range of 10 to 200 nm for example, but also a substantially thicker insulating layer may be applied. In the embodiment shown the insulating layer 40 is provided as a Si02 layer having a thickness of 100 nm.
- a second electrode layer 50 for receiving charge carriers of a second polarity opposite to said first polarity is arranged on the insulating layer 40.
- the second electrode layer 50 is a cathode. Any sufficiently conducting material can be used for this purpose at a thickness depending on the lateral size of the photo-voltaic element 1. Typically the thickness of the second electrode layer 50 is of the same order of magnitude as the thickness of the first electrode layer 20, so that they have
- the second electrode layer 50 is an aluminum layer with a thickness of 200 nm. In some embodiments the second electrode layer 50 may have a thickness greater than that of the first electrode layer 20, e.g. 1.5 times a thickness of the first electrode layer 20, to compensate for the presence of the openings provided in the second electrode layer 50.
- a second charge carrier transport layer 60 for transport of charge carriers having said the second polarity, opposite to the first polarity layer is arranged upon the second electrode layer 50. In this case the second charge carrier transport layer 60 is an electron transport layer.
- the second charge carrier transport layer 60 here an electron transport layer may have a thickness in the range of a few nm, e.g. 5 nm to a few tens of nm, e.g. 50 nm.
- the second charge carrier transport layer 60 is a T1O2 layer having thickness of 15 nm.
- Other suitable materials for an electron transport layer are for example SnO2, ⁇ 1 ⁇ 2 and ZnO:S.
- a photo-electric conversion layer 70 is provided upon the second charge carrier transport layer 60.
- the photo-electric conversion layer 70 has a plurality of distributed, typically cylindrical, extensions 72 that extend through the second charge carrier transport layer 60, the second electrode layer 50 and the insulating layer 40 to the first charge carrier transport layer 30. Therewith the photo-electric conversion layer 70 is electrically coupled to both the first charge carrier transport layer 30 and the second charge carrier transport layer 60.
- solar radiation R does not need to traverse an electrode layer or a charge carrier transport layer which contributes to an efficient operation of the photo-voltaic element 1.
- the extensions 72 have an effective cross- section D e ff in the range of 0.5 to 10 micron, and have an average pitch in the range of 1.1 to 5 times their effective cross-section.
- the effective cross- section is defined here as the diameter of a circle having an area
- the extensions may have any cross-section, such as circular, square or triangular.
- a circumference O of the extensions is less than 10 times the effective diameter Deff and even more preferably less than 5 times the effective diameter D e ff.
- the photo-electric conversion layer is provided of a perovskite material, such as methylammonium lead trihalide
- tin based perovskite material such as CHaNHaSnla may be used.
- more complex perovskite materials may be applied, for example containing a combination of different cations.
- other materials such as copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) are suitable.
- the second electrode layer 50 has anodized edge surfaces 52 facing the extensions 72 of the photo-electric conversion layer 70. This avoids direct contact between the second electrode layer and the photo-electric conversion layer.
- FIG. 4G illustrates an alternative embodiment wherein such direct contact is avoided.
- the openings 82 are provided with an insulating wall 78, e.g. of a ceramic material.
- the specific steps for manufacturing this embodiment are described in more detail below with reference to FIG. 4D to FIG. 4G.
- FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of the photo-voltaic element 1 of the invention wherein an edge portion 22 of an upper surface of the first electrode layer 20 is kept free from material of the first charge carrier transport layer 30 and is provided with a first electrical contact 25. Also an edge portion 52 of an upper surface of the second electrode layer 50 is kept free from material of the second charge carrier transport layer 60 and is provided with a second electrical contact 55.
- Another possibility is to remove the carrier transport layer 30 and isolator 40 with e.g. laser ablation before deposition of electrode 50, so a contact can be made from electrode 50 to electrode 20. Also before deposition of charge carrier transport layer 30 a laser step could be used to interrupt the electrode 20.
- FIGs. 8A and 8B show a further embodiment of a photo-voltaic element according to the invention.
- FIG. 8 A shows a top -view
- FIG. 8B shows a cross-section of a portion of the device according to VIIIB- VIIIB in FIG. 8A.
- the first electrode layer 20, the first charge carrier transport layer 30, the insulating layer 40 and the second electrode layer 50 are provided as a plurality of layer segments.
- a plurality of lateral sub-stack segments is formed.
- two lateral sub-stack segments A, B are shown in this case.
- the photo-voltaic element may have a larger number of lateral sub-stack segments C, D, ... e.g. 10 or 100 or more, depending on a required lateral size of the photo-voltaic element.
- each layer segment A,B comprises a first electrode layer segment 20A, 20B, a first charge carrier transport layer segment 30A, 30B, an insulating layer segment 40A, 40B and a second electrode layer segment 50A, 50B.
- the second charge carrier transport layer 60 and the photo-electric conversion layer 70 are formed as continuous layers.
- a second electrode layer segment 50A of a lateral sub-stack segment A extends over a first electrode layer segment (20B) in a neighboring sub- stack segment B. Therewith an electrical connection is formed between the second electrode layer segment 50A of the lateral sub-stack segment A and the first electrode layer segment 20B in the neighboring lateral sub-stack segment.
- the photo-voltaic element is formed as a plurality of serially connected modules, which makes it possible to reduce resistive losses as compared to a photo-voltaic element that is not partitioned into serially connected modules. It could alternatively be contemplated to serially arrange a plurality of smaller photo-voltaic elements. It is however an advantage of the embodiment of FIG. 8A, 8B that external connection elements are avoided.
- a photo-voltaic element as shown in FIG. 8A, 8B could for example be provided as a single elongate product applied on a foil, e.g. delivered in a length of tens to hundreds of meter on a roll.
- a barrier 90 is arranged over said photo- electric conversion layer 70.
- Suitable materials for the barrier are metal oxides, such as SiOx and SiNx.
- the barrier 90 may comprise a plurality of layers, such as a stack of inorganic layers having a mutually different composition.
- a combination of inorganic layers and organic layers may be used.
- a barrier 90 may be formed by a first and a second inorganic layer that sandwich an organic layer.
- the materials used for the barrier 90 have a refractive index lower than that of the photo-electric conversion layer 70.
- light in coupling is further improved by a light in coupling structure 100 arranged over the barrier 90.
- the light in coupling structure comprises a plurality of hght in coupling elements 102A, 102B.
- semi-spherical or pyramidal shaped light in coupling elements may be used.
- a method of manufacturing a photo-voltaic element is now disclosed with reference to FIG. 1 to 5.
- FIG. 1A, IB show the intermediate product obtained after a first three steps. Therein FIG. 1A shows a top-view and FIG. IB shows a cross- section according to IB-IB in FIG. 1A.
- a substrate is 10 is provided in a first step SI.
- a stack of layers is deposited thereon that comprise at least in the order named a first electrode layer 20, a first charge carrier transport layer 30, an insulating layer 40, a second electrode layer 50 and a second charge carrier transport layer.
- the first electrode layer 20 is provided for receiving charge carriers of a first polarity.
- the first electrode layer 20 may for example be an anode, i.e. arranged for receiving holes as the charge carriers.
- the first electrode layer 20 may be a cathode, i.e. arranged for receiving electrons as the charge carriers.
- the first electrode layer 20 is deposited with a PVD (physical vapor deposition) method, for example using E-beam PVD.
- the first electrode layer 20 was provided as a stack of sub-layers obtained by subsequently depositing a first sublayer of nickel having a thickness of 5 nm, an aluminum layer having a thickness of 190 nm and a second sub-layer of nickel also having a thickness of 5 nm. Then spin-coating (1000 rpm) was used to deposit a NiO layer as the first charge carrier transport layer 30, here a hole transport layer.
- An insulating layer 40 was then deposited in a first and a second stage.
- a first, 100 nm thick, sublayer of SiO x was deposited by electron-beam deposition and in the second stage a second sublayer of SiO x , also having a thickness of 100 nm was deposited by
- a second electrode layer 50 here a cathode layer of aluminum at a thickness of 200 nm was formed using the same method and conditions as those applied for the deposition of the aluminum sub-layer of the first electrode layer 20.
- a second charge carrier transport layer 60 here an electron transport layer was then deposited.
- electron-beam vapor deposition was used to deposit a TiO x layer with a thickness of 15 nm of linear titanium dioxide (TiOx).
- the insulating layer 40 and the layers 50, 60 form a sub-stack having an upper surface 64.
- a third step S3 here using spin coating a resist layer 80, here a photo-resist layer having a thickness of 1.6 micron was deposited on this upper surface 64.
- the resist layer may be an imprint-resist layer.
- FIG. 2A, 2B show a subsequent step S4.
- FIG. 2A shows a top-view of an intermediate product resvdting from this step S4
- FIG. 2B shows a cross-section according to IIB-IIB in FIG. 2A.
- this subsequent step regularly distributed openings 82 giving access to the upper surface 64 are formed in the resist layer 80.
- contact lithography was used for this purpose.
- samples were prepared having openings with diameter in the range of 0,5 - 5 ⁇ and a distance between neighboring openings in the range of 1 - 5 ⁇ . Therewith a pitch between 1 and 10 ⁇ is obtained.
- the openings having an effective cross-section D in the range of 0.5 to 10 micron, and have an average pitch in the range of 1.1 to 5 times the effective cross-section.
- FIGs. 3A and 3B show a subsequent step S5, wherein material of the sub-stack 40, 50, 60 facing the openings 82 is selectively removed.
- FIG. 3A shows a top-view of the semi-finished product obtained after this step S5 and FIG. 3B shows a cross-section according to IIIB-IIIB in FIG. 3A.
- Step S5 involves etching the upper layers 50, 60 by plasma etching. Then the insulating SiO x layer is etched with a further plasma etching process. The photo-resist layer 80 is then fully removed (Step S6), for example by oxygen plasma-etching as illustrated in FIGs. 4A and 4B.
- FIG. 4A is a top-view and FIG. 4B shows a cross-section according to IVB-IVB in FIG. 4A.
- a photo-electric conversion layer 70 is deposited (for example by spin-coating) and cured.
- Optional pre-processing steps, S6A and S6B may be performed after removal of the resist layer 80 and before deposition of the photo-electric conversion layer 70.
- a first optional pre-processing step S6A is illustrated in FIG. 4B.
- an edge surface 52 of the second electrode layer 50 is anodized.
- This edge surface 52 was formed by the step of etching S5.
- This anodization process an insulating layer is formed on the edge surface 52 therewith avoiding a direct contact between the second electrode layer 50 and the photo-electric conversion layer 70.
- FIG. 4C illustrates a second optional pre-processing step S6B.
- an atomic layer deposition process ALD may be used to deposit a thin growth layer 74, e.g. applying a T1O2 layer with a few sALD cycles.
- FIG. 4D-4G shows an alternative approach for preventing a direct electrical contact between the second electrode layer 50 and the photo- electric conversion layer 70.
- a layer 76 of an insulating material is conformally deposited (Step S6C) on the semi-finished product of FIG. 4D, therewith obtaining the semifinished product of FIG. 4E.
- an anisotropic etch step S6D e.g. a plasma etch step is applied.
- the anisotropic etch step S6D removes the insulating material from the surface of the second charge carrier transport layer 60 and from the surface portions of the first charge carrier transport layer 30 within the openings 82 but keeps a layer of the insulating material on the walls of the openings 82 intact.
- the photo-electric conversion layer can be deposited (S6E) as shown in FIG. 4G.
- the substrate 10 may be removed.
- an electrode layer e.g. the first electrode layer 20 provides sufficient structural integrity.
- mechanical support may be provided by further layers applied on the photo- electric conversion layer 70.
- FIG. 9A, 9B, 10A, 10B, 11A, 11B, 12A, 12B and 13 show a further alternative embodiment of a method of manufacturing.
- FIG. 9 A, 9B show a semi-finished product that is obtained after step S15 of this embodiment.
- the steps of this embodiment up to and including S15 of this embodiment correspond to those disclosed herein for steps S1-S5 of the embodiment of FIG. 1A, IB, 2A, 2B and 3A, 3B, except for the fact that the step corresponding to step S2, does not include deposition of a charge carrier transport layer 60. Instead the charge carrier transport layer 60 is deposited in another stage of the process as is discussed with reference to FIG. 12A, 12B.
- step S16 shown in FIG. 10A, 10B an opening 54 is formed in the second electrode layer 50. This can be achieved by a wet etching step selected for the second electrode layer 50.
- a second electrode 50 formed by an aluminum layer or having an aluminum layer as a main layer which is sandwiched between auxiliary layers, e.g. formed by molybdenum.
- auxiliary layers e.g. formed by molybdenum.
- conductive oxide layer such as ITO
- a HCL-FeCl solution may be used as the etching agent.
- an isotropic or anisotropic plasma etching step may be used in step S16A.
- an opening 44 is formed in the insulating layer 40, to expose the surface of the charge carrier transport layer 30.
- An isotropic plasma etching step for example using CF4/O2 may be apphed. Also wet etching can be used. E.G. NH4F if a siliconoxide isolator is used.
- a second charge carrier transport layer 60 is deposited in an electroplating process, therewith using the layer 50 as the electrode. Due to the curved edge 55 of the opening formed in the electrode 50, an increased electric field is obtained that enhances the deposition speed near the opening.
- a hole transport layer may be deposited as the charge carrier transport layer 60, e.g. CuSCN using a solution of CuS04/ Nitrilotriacetic acid /KSCN.
- the charge carrier transport layer 60 may be deposited from an ionic liquid.
- step S17 which is comparable to step S7 as disclosed with reference to FIG. 5, a photo-electric conversion layer 70 is deposited.
- the extensions 72 taper outward in a direction from the first charge carrier transport layer 30 towards the second charge carrier layer 60.
- the material thereof covers a surface of the second electrode 50 surrounding the extensions 72.
- the openings formed will taper outward towards the second charge carrier layer 60 with an angle of approximately 45 degrees, so that the perimeter of the opening at the contact-surface of the first charge carrier transport layer is displaced with respect to the perimeter at the level of the surface of the second charge carrier transport layer is of the order of magnitude of the total thickness of the layers in which the opening is formed.
- the cross-section Dout may be about 1.8 micron.
- the electroplated second charge carrier layer 60 also has a portion 65 that extends over the tapering wall of the opening the contact surface of the second charge carrier layer 60 available for the photovoltaic layer 70 to be deposited in the next step is increased as compared to the situation in FIG. 4B for example.
- the available contact surface At formed by the tapering hole in the second charge carrier transport layer is
- At ⁇ ( ⁇ + ⁇ ), wherein H is the height of the electrode layer 50 and a is the inclination factor with which the diameter widens towards the surface 67 of the second charge carrier transport layer 60. I.e. the inclination factor a is defined by
- This additional surface At is illustrated as the hatched are At in FIG. 12D This is compared with the situation in FIG. 4B. In that case, an annulus having an inner diameter Deff and an outer diameter Dout would be additionally available at the surface 67 of the second charge carrier transport layer.
- the surface Ac of this area between the dashed circle in FIG. 12C and area removed by the opening to give access to the first charge carrier transport layer 30 is equal to
- the contact surface area of the second charge carrier layer 60 is always improved. Furthermore an improvement may be obtained in the range Ka ⁇ 2, provided that:
- the height of the second charge carrier transport layer 60 typically is substantially smaller than the height of the second electrode layer. However, for visibility the height of this layer 60 is exaggerated.
- FIG. 14A, 14B, 15A, 16B An alternative embodiment of the method is illustrated in FIG. 14A, 14B, 15A, 16B.
- the second charge carrier transport layer in this case a HTL, may be deposited for example from CuSCN using a solution of CuS04/ Nitrilotriacetic acid /KSCN.
- the product so obtained, as shown in FIG. 16, is characterized in that the first charge carrier layer 30 is absent in areas of the first electrode layer 20 covered by the insulating layer 40.
- electrodeposition may be used to deposit a hole transport layer as the first charge carrier transport layer 30 and to deposit an electron transport layer as the second charge carrier transport layer 60.
- first charge-carrier layer 30 is deposited by electro-plating.
- a first charge carrier transport layer 30 is absent
- an opening may be formed in the layers 40, 50 and 60 in steps as described with reference to FIG 3A, 3B, or as described with reference to FIG. 10A, 10B, 11A, 11B, and subsequently an electro-plating step S37 can be used to deposit a first charge carrier layer 30 on the exposed portions of the surface of the first electrode 20, as shown in FIG. 17A, 17B.
- the product which is obtained is characterized in that the first charge carrier layer 30 is absent in areas of the first electrode layer 20 covered by the insulating layer 40.
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Abstract
A photo-voltaic element (1) comprising a stack of layers is provided. The stack of layers at least includes the following layers arranged in the order named: a first electrode layer, a first charge carrier transport layer, an insulating layer, a second electrode layer, a second charge carrier transport layer, and a photo-electric conversion layer. The photo-electric conversion layer (70), comprises a plurality of distributed extensions (72) extending through the second charge carrier transport layer (60), the second electrode layer (50) and the insulating layer (40) to the first charge carrier transport layer (30). The extensions (72) have an effective cross-section Deff in the range of 0.5 to 10 micron, and have an average pitch in the range of 1.1 to 5 times said effective cross-section.
Description
Photo-voltaic element and method of manufacturing the same
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the invention
The present invention pertains to a photo-voltaic element.
The present invention further pertains to a method of
manufacturing the same.
Related Art
A photo-voltaic element is disclosed in CN 105140398 that comprises a conductive substrate; a uniform electron transport layer; a dielectric layer; a metal layer; and a perovskite layer as a photo-electric conversion layer. The latter has a plurality of channels through the dielectric layer and the metal layer that contact the electron transport layer. Accordingly the perovskite photo-electric conversion layer has its electric contacts for delivering electrical energy at the same side. Therewith it can be avoided that light to be converted has to pass through an electrode layer, as a result of which it would be attenuated before conversion.
The cited document also presents a method of manufacturing the photo-voltaic element disclosed therein. Therein a substrate is provided of a transparent conductive glass and an electron transport layer is deposited thereon by magnetron sputtering ZnO. Subsequently a layer of dispersed PS pellets having an original diameter of 2 um is deposited resulting in a hexagonal close-packed structure of said PS pellets. The PS ball diameter is subsequently reduced to 1 um by dry etching using RIE. A dielectric layer of A12O3 is deposited thereon using ALD deposition followed by magneton sputtering of an Au layer. Subsequently, using a solvent and an ultrasonic treatment the PS pellets and the portions of the A12O3 layer and the Au layer deposited thereon are removed, so that an Au mesh is obtained that is
insulated from the electron transport layer. A perovskite layer is spin coated thereon that both contacts the Au mesh and the ZnO electron transport layer.
It is a disadvantage of this known process, a lift-off process, that the patterning process is not well controlled. As a result the boundaries of the openings in the insulator layer and the upper electrode layer are jagged and an unreliable or even non-working product is obtained.
It is noted that WO2017/060700, published after the priority date of this document also uses a lift-off process. As shown for example in FIG. 2, subsequently:
the patterned resist layer is formed on the lower electrode (a) the insulator and HCE layer are deposited thereon (b)
the patterned resist layer and the portions of the insulator layer and HCE layer present thereon are removed in the lift-off step (c).
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is a first object of the invention to provide a photo-voltaic element with an improved conversion efficiency.
It is a second object of the invention to provide a method of manufacturing this improved photo-voltaic element.
In accordance with said first object, according to a first aspect, a photo-voltaic element is provided as claimed in claim 1.
In accordance with said second object, according to a second aspect, a method of manufacturing a photo-voltaic element is provided as claimed in claim 8.
The photo-voltaic element is provided as claimed in claim 1 comprises a stack of layers that at least include in the order named: a first electrode layer, a first charge carrier transport layer, an insulating layer, a
second electrode layer, an second charge carrier transport layer, and a photo-electric conversion layer.
The first electrode layer is provided for receiving charge carriers of a first polarity, for example electrons, or alternatively for receiving holes as the charge carrier. The first charge carrier transport layer is provided for transport of charge carriers having the first polarity. E.g. if the first electrode layer is a cathode provided for receiving electrons as the charge carrier then the first charge carrier transport layer is an electron transport layer. Alternatively, if the first electrode layer is an anode provided for receiving holes as the charge carrier then the first charge carrier transport layer is a hole transport layer. The insulating layer may be provided of any sufficiently insulating organic or inorganic material. The second electrode layer is provided for receiving charge carriers of a second polarity opposite to the first polarity. Hence if the first electrode layer is a cathode then the second electrode layer is an anode and vice versa. The second charge carrier transport layer is provided for transport of charge carriers having the second polarity. Accordingly the second charge carrier transport layer is a hole transport layer if the second electrode layer is an anode and an electron transport layer if the second electrode layer is a cathode. The photo-electric conversion layer comprises a plurality of distributed extensions that extend through the second charge carrier transport layer, the second electrode layer and the insulating layer to the first charge carrier transport layer.
Because the photo-electric conversion layer is the uppermost layer of the stack (apart from e.g. a protection layer or encapsulation), it is not necessary that the various layers are transparent. Therewith one or more of the electrodes may be formed as a metal layer, for example an aluminum or a copper layer, possibly sandwiched between intermediate layers, e.g. as MoAlMo or CrCUCr. Nevertheless, embodiments may be contemplated wherein a transparent electrically conductive material is used for the electrodes, for example a transparent electrically conductive oxide like ITO.
This is advantageous in that the device so obtained is bilaterally sensitive. Alternatively, this may be combined with a substrate having a reflecting surface. In this embodiment, light entering the device that is not converted in the photo-electric conversion layer is reflected back to the latter, so that it can still be (partially) converted.
Therewith the photo-electric conversion layer is electrically coupled to both the first charge carrier transport layer and the second charge carrier transport layer. In this arrangement solar radiation R does not need to traverse an electrode layer or a charge carrier transport layer, which contributes to an efficient operation of the photo-voltaic element.
An optimal conversion efficiency is achieved by the presence of a charge carrier transport layer between the first electrode layer and the photo-electric conversion layer as well as between the second electrode layer and the photo-electric conversion layer.
The extensions have an effective cross-section Deff in the range of
0.5 to 10 micron, and have an average pitch in the range of 1.1 to 5 times their effective cross-section. The effective cross-section is defined here as the diameter of a circle having an area corresponding to the cross-sectional area A of the extensions.
The extensions are typically cylindrical. Alternatively the extensions may taper inward or outward. The extensions may have any cross-section, such as circular, square or triangular. The circumference O of the extensions is less than 10 times the effective diameter Deff and
preferably less than 5 times the effective diameter Deff. Therewith an optimum contact surface between the photo-electric conversion layer and the first charge carrier transport layer is achieved with minimum disruption of the intermediary layers, in particular the second electrode layer and the second charge carrier transport layer.
In an embodiment of the photo-voltaic element the extensions taper outward in a direction from the first charge carrier transport layer to the second charge carrier layer.
In an embodiment thereof, material of the second charge carrier transport layer covers a surface of the second electrode surrounding the extensions. Therewith a contact surface provided for the photovoltaic layer is improved.
In an embodiment, the first charge carrier layer is absent in areas of the first electrode layer covered by the insulating layer. Also in this case, the stack formed in the product is deemed to comprise first charge carrier layer and a subsequent insulating layer, as the surface of the insulating- layer will be above a surface of the first charge carrier layer, when
traversing the layers starting from the substrate on which the layers are deposited.
In an embodiment the photo-electric conversion layer is provided of a perovskite material. Perovskite materials typical have a crystal structure of ABX3, wherein A is an organic cation as methylammonium (CH.3NH:3)+, B is an inorganic cation, usually lead (II) (Pb2+), and X is a halogen atom such as iodine (Γ), chlorine (CI ) or bromine (Br). Perovskite materials are particularly advantageous in that they can be processed relatively easily and in that their bandgap can be set to a desired value by a proper choice of the halide content. A typical example is methylammonium lead trihalicle (CHaNHaPbXa), with an optical bandgap between 1.5 and 2.3 eV depending on halide content. Another more complex structure example is Cesium -formamidinum lead trihalide (Cso.o5(H2NCHNH2)o.95Pbl2.85Bro. io) having a bandgap between 1.5 and 2.2 eV. Other metals such as tin may replace the role of Pb in perovskite materials. An example thereof is
CHsNH.jSnls. Also combinations of Sn with Pb perovskites having a wider bandgap in the range of 1.2 to 2.2 eV are possible. In another embodiment the photo-electric conversion layer is made of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS).
The geometry of the substantially circular cylindrical extensions with an effective cross-section Deff in the range of 0.5 to 10 micron, and with an average pitch in the range of 1.1 to 5 times their effective cross-section makes it possible to optimally tune the contact-surface of the photo-voltaic layer with the first and the second charge carrier transport layer
respectively dependent on the type of perovskite material used for the photo-voltaic layer. This is favorable, in that the ratio of mobility for holes and electrons may differ. E.g. if for a certain perovskite the mobility of electrons is 3 time higher than for holes, the surface area of the HTL preferably is approximately 3x the surface area of the ETL for an optimal efficiency.
The method as claimed in claim 13 enables manufacturing the photo-voltaic element of claim 1. The claimed method comprises the steps of:
providing a substrate;
- depositing thereon a stack of layers comprising at least in the order named:
a first electrode layer for receiving charge carriers of a first polarity;
an insulating layer;
- a second electrode layer for receiving charge carriers of a second polarity opposite to said first polarity;
wherein the insulating layer and layers subsequently deposited in this step form a sub-stack having an upper surface,
applying a resist layer on said upper surface, wherein said resist layer is provided with a plurality of distributed openings towards said upper surface, the openings having an effective cross-section D in the range of 0.5 to 10 micron, and having an average pitch in the range of 1.1 to 5 times said effective cross-section,
etching to selectively remove material of the sub-stack facing the openings,
removing the resist layer subsequent to said etching,
depositing and curing a photo-electric conversion layer subsequent to said removing.
The method further comprises depositing a first charge carrier transport layer for transport of charge carriers having the first polarity and depositing a second charge carrier transport layer for transport of charge carriers having said second polarity.
In an embodiment depositing the first charge carrier transport layer is subsequent to depositing the first electrode layer and preceding to depositing the insulating layer and said depositing the second charge carrier layer is subsequent to depositing the insulating layer and preceding depositing the resist layer.
In an embodiment, of the method the second charge carrier transport layer is deposited with an electroplating process and subsequent to removing the resist layer, and preceding depositing and curing a photoelectric conversion layer.
In an embodiment the first charge carrier transport layer is deposited with an electroplating process subsequent to removing the resist layer, and preceding depositing the second charge carrier layer.
The method according to the present invention enables the deposition of a thicker stack of layers on the first charge carrier transport layer than would be possible when using the pellet based approach known from the prior art. In this way the second charge carrier transport layer can be provided, therewith significantly improving efficiency of the photo-voltaic element.
Various methods may be used for depositing and applying layers. These methods may include spin-coating, printing methods, slot-die coating and vapor deposition methods like physical vapor deposition (e.g. E-beam PVD, Sputter PVD), (spatial) Atomic Layer Deposition ((s)ALD), and
chemical vapor deposition (e.g. plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD)).
Etching processes may be apphed to remove a material (or a part of the material) from a surface either by a chemical reaction generated by the use of a reactive mix of gases (plasma-etching) or by submerging the substrates in a reactive solution where the layer is removed by dissolution or chemical reaction (wet-etching).
A selective etching is made possible by using a mask that locally protects the underlying layer(s). A patterning in such a mask may be obtained for example by optical lithography wherein hght is used to transfer a geometric pattern from a photo-mask to a light sensitive chemical photoresist on the substrate. Also imprinting can be applied to pattern the mask. Alternatively the mask may be directly applied in the desired pattern, for example by printing.
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These and other aspects are described in more detail with reference to the drawing. Therein:
FIG. 1A schematically shows a top-view of a semi-finished product obtained during performing a method according to the second aspect,
FIG. IB shows a cross-section according to IB-IB in FIG. 1A, FIG. 2 A shows a top -view corresponding to the area IIA of a semifinished product obtained after an additional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect,
FIG. 2B shows a cross-section according to IIB-IIB in FIG. 2A, FIG. 3A shows a top -view corresponding to the area IIA of a semifinished product obtained after a further additional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect,
FIG. 3B shows a cross-section according to IIIB-IIIB in FIG. 3A,
FIG. 4A shows a to -view corresponding to the area IIA of a semifinished product obtained after a still further additional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect,
FIG. 4B shows a cross-section according to IVB-IVB in FIG. 4A,
FIG. 4C shows in the same cross-section an optional
manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect,
FIG. 4D shows in the same cross-section an alternative optional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect,
FIG. 4E shows in the same cross-section a subsequent alternative optional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect,
FIG. 4F shows in the same cross-section a further subsequent alternative optional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect,
FIG. 4G shows in the same cross-section an alternative
embodiment resulting from a still further subsequent alternative optional manufacturing step following the step illustrated in FIG. 4F,
FIG. 5 shows in the same cross-section a first embodiment of a photo-voltaic element according to the first aspect obtained after a further manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect,
FIG. 6 shows in the same cross-section a second embodiment of a photo-voltaic element according to the first aspect,
FIG. 7 shows in the same cross-section a third embodiment of a photo-voltaic element according to the first aspect,
FIG. 8A shows a top -view corresponding to the area IIA of a fourth embodiment of a photo-voltaic element according to the first aspect,
FIG. 8B shows a cross-section according to VIIIB-VIIIB in FIG. 8A,
FIG. 9A shows a top -view corresponding to the area IIA of a semifinished product obtained after an additional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect,
FIG. 9B shows a cross-section according to IXB-IXB in FIG. 9A,
FIG. 10A shows a top-view corresponding to the area IIA of a semifinished product obtained after an additional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect,
FIG. 10B shows a cross-section according to XB-XB in FIG. 10A, FIG. 11A shows a top-view corresponding to the area IIA of a semifinished product obtained after an additional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect,
FIG. 11B shows a cross-section according to XIB-XIB in FIG. 11A,
FIG. 12A shows a top-view corresponding to the area IIA of a semi- finished product obtained after an additional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect,
FIG. 12B shows a cross-section according to XIIB-XIIB in FIG.
12A,
FIG. 12C shows a portion of the surface of the semi-finished product of FIG. 4B in more detail,
FIG. 12D shows a portion of the surface of the semi-finished product of FIG. 12B in more detail,
FIG. 13 shows a product obtained after the step of FIG. 12A, 12B, FIG. 14A shows a top-view corresponding to the area IIA of a semi- finished product obtained after an additional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect,
FIG. 14B shows a cross-section according to XIVB-XIVB in FIG.
14A,
FIG. 15A shows a top-view corresponding to the area IIA of a semi- finished product obtained after an additional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect,
FIG. 15B shows a cross-section according to XVB-XVB in FIG. 15A, FIG. 16 shows a product obtained after the step of FIG. 15A, 15B,
FIG. 17A shows a top-view corresponding to the area IIA of a semifinished product obtained after an additional manufacturing step of a method according to the second aspect,
FIG. 17B shows a cross-section according to XVIIB-XVIIB in FIG.
17 A.
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Fig. 5 schematically shows a photo-voltaic element 1. The photovoltaic element 1 comprises a substrate 10 and a stack of layers arranged thereon. The substrate 10 may be formed of a rigid material such as a metal (e.g. steel, copper or aluminum), silicon or glass or of a flexible material such as a polymer, e.g. a polymer like polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), or polyimide (PI). Also thin metal or glass are suitable substrates. If the substrate is conducting, an isolating layer may be deposited on that substrate to isolate the electrode from the substrate. Dependent on the application a thickness of the substrate may be selected in the range of a relatively small value e.g. 50 micron and a relatively large value, e.g. a few mm or more. The stack of layers
subsequently includes at least a first electrode layer 20, a first charge carrier transport layer 30, an insulating layer 40, a second electrode layer 50, a second charge carrier transport layer 60, and a photo-electric conversion layer 70.
The first electrode layer 20 is provided for receiving charge carriers of a first polarity. In the embodiment shown the first electrode layer 20 is an anode, i.e. arranged for receiving holes as the charge carriers.
Dependent on the lateral size of the photo-voltaic element 1 the first electrode layer 20 may for example have a thickness in the range of a few tens to a few hundreds of nanometers or even more. In the embodiment shown the first electrode layer 20 includes an aluminum sub layer having a
thickness of 190 nm, which is sandwiched between a pair of nickel layers, each having a thickness of 5 nm. In another example the first electrode layer is of molybdenum. In an embodiment where the substrate is provided of a metal, it may also serve as a first electrode layer 20.
In the embodiment shown the first charge carrier transport layer
30 is a hole transport layer, having a thickness in the range of 10 to 200 nm. In the embodiment shown the hole transport layer is formed by a
nickeloxide layer having a thickness of 50 nm. In another example the hole transport layer is formed by a MoSe layer.
An insulating layer 40 is provided of an organic, e.g. a polymer, or inorganic insulating material, such as a metal oxide. Also a stack of materials can be used. Dependent on the material selected for the insulating layer, it may have a thickness in the range of 10 to 200 nm for example, but also a substantially thicker insulating layer may be applied. In the embodiment shown the insulating layer 40 is provided as a Si02 layer having a thickness of 100 nm.
A second electrode layer 50 for receiving charge carriers of a second polarity opposite to said first polarity is arranged on the insulating layer 40. In this case the second electrode layer 50 is a cathode. Any sufficiently conducting material can be used for this purpose at a thickness depending on the lateral size of the photo-voltaic element 1. Typically the thickness of the second electrode layer 50 is of the same order of magnitude as the thickness of the first electrode layer 20, so that they have
approximately the same conductivity and neither of them forms a
bottleneck. In the embodiment shown the second electrode layer 50 is an aluminum layer with a thickness of 200 nm. In some embodiments the second electrode layer 50 may have a thickness greater than that of the first electrode layer 20, e.g. 1.5 times a thickness of the first electrode layer 20, to compensate for the presence of the openings provided in the second electrode layer 50.
A second charge carrier transport layer 60 for transport of charge carriers having said the second polarity, opposite to the first polarity layer is arranged upon the second electrode layer 50. In this case the second charge carrier transport layer 60 is an electron transport layer. The second charge carrier transport layer 60, here an electron transport layer may have a thickness in the range of a few nm, e.g. 5 nm to a few tens of nm, e.g. 50 nm. In the embodiment shown the second charge carrier transport layer 60 is a T1O2 layer having thickness of 15 nm. Other suitable materials for an electron transport layer are for example SnO2, Ζ1Ό2 and ZnO:S.
A photo-electric conversion layer 70 is provided upon the second charge carrier transport layer 60. The photo-electric conversion layer 70 has a plurality of distributed, typically cylindrical, extensions 72 that extend through the second charge carrier transport layer 60, the second electrode layer 50 and the insulating layer 40 to the first charge carrier transport layer 30. Therewith the photo-electric conversion layer 70 is electrically coupled to both the first charge carrier transport layer 30 and the second charge carrier transport layer 60. In this arrangement solar radiation R does not need to traverse an electrode layer or a charge carrier transport layer which contributes to an efficient operation of the photo-voltaic element 1. In the embodiment shown the extensions 72 have an effective cross- section Deff in the range of 0.5 to 10 micron, and have an average pitch in the range of 1.1 to 5 times their effective cross-section. The effective cross- section is defined here as the diameter of a circle having an area
The extensions may have any cross-section, such as circular, square or triangular. Preferably, a circumference O of the extensions is less than 10 times the effective diameter Deff and even more preferably less than 5 times the effective diameter Deff.
In the embodiment the photo-electric conversion layer is provided of a perovskite material, such as methylammonium lead trihalide
(CH NHaPbX ), or Cesium-formamidinum lead trihahde
(Cso.o5(H2NCHNH2)o.95Pbl2.85Bro. i5) ·· Alternatively a tin based perovskite material, such as CHaNHaSnla may be used. Also more complex perovskite materials may be applied, for example containing a combination of different cations. Also other materials, such as copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) are suitable.
In the embodiment shown the second electrode layer 50 has anodized edge surfaces 52 facing the extensions 72 of the photo-electric conversion layer 70. This avoids direct contact between the second electrode layer and the photo-electric conversion layer.
FIG. 4G illustrates an alternative embodiment wherein such direct contact is avoided. Therein the openings 82 are provided with an insulating wall 78, e.g. of a ceramic material. The specific steps for manufacturing this embodiment are described in more detail below with reference to FIG. 4D to FIG. 4G.
FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of the photo-voltaic element 1 of the invention wherein an edge portion 22 of an upper surface of the first electrode layer 20 is kept free from material of the first charge carrier transport layer 30 and is provided with a first electrical contact 25. Also an edge portion 52 of an upper surface of the second electrode layer 50 is kept free from material of the second charge carrier transport layer 60 and is provided with a second electrical contact 55. Another possibility is to remove the carrier transport layer 30 and isolator 40 with e.g. laser ablation before deposition of electrode 50, so a contact can be made from electrode 50 to electrode 20. Also before deposition of charge carrier transport layer 30 a laser step could be used to interrupt the electrode 20.
FIGs. 8A and 8B show a further embodiment of a photo-voltaic element according to the invention. Therein FIG. 8 A shows a top -view and
FIG. 8B shows a cross-section of a portion of the device according to VIIIB- VIIIB in FIG. 8A. In this further embodiment the first electrode layer 20, the first charge carrier transport layer 30, the insulating layer 40 and the second electrode layer 50 are provided as a plurality of layer segments. Therein a plurality of lateral sub-stack segments is formed. By way of example two lateral sub-stack segments A, B are shown in this case.
However in practice the photo-voltaic element may have a larger number of lateral sub-stack segments C, D, ... e.g. 10 or 100 or more, depending on a required lateral size of the photo-voltaic element.
As shown in FIG. 8B each layer segment A,B comprises a first electrode layer segment 20A, 20B, a first charge carrier transport layer segment 30A, 30B, an insulating layer segment 40A, 40B and a second electrode layer segment 50A, 50B. The second charge carrier transport layer 60 and the photo-electric conversion layer 70 are formed as continuous layers. A second electrode layer segment 50A of a lateral sub-stack segment A extends over a first electrode layer segment (20B) in a neighboring sub- stack segment B. Therewith an electrical connection is formed between the second electrode layer segment 50A of the lateral sub-stack segment A and the first electrode layer segment 20B in the neighboring lateral sub-stack segment. In this way the photo-voltaic element is formed as a plurality of serially connected modules, which makes it possible to reduce resistive losses as compared to a photo-voltaic element that is not partitioned into serially connected modules. It could alternatively be contemplated to serially arrange a plurality of smaller photo-voltaic elements. It is however an advantage of the embodiment of FIG. 8A, 8B that external connection elements are avoided. A photo-voltaic element as shown in FIG. 8A, 8B could for example be provided as a single elongate product applied on a foil, e.g. delivered in a length of tens to hundreds of meter on a roll.
As shown in FIG. 7 additional layers may be provided. In the embodiment of FIG. 7 for example a barrier 90 is arranged over said photo-
electric conversion layer 70. Suitable materials for the barrier are metal oxides, such as SiOx and SiNx. In practice the barrier 90 may comprise a plurality of layers, such as a stack of inorganic layers having a mutually different composition. Also a combination of inorganic layers and organic layers may be used. For example a barrier 90 may be formed by a first and a second inorganic layer that sandwich an organic layer. For a good light in coupling it is preferred that the materials used for the barrier 90 have a refractive index lower than that of the photo-electric conversion layer 70.
In the embodiment shown light in coupling is further improved by a light in coupling structure 100 arranged over the barrier 90. In the embodiment shown the light in coupling structure comprises a plurality of hght in coupling elements 102A, 102B. For example semi-spherical or pyramidal shaped light in coupling elements may be used.
A method of manufacturing a photo-voltaic element is now disclosed with reference to FIG. 1 to 5.
FIG. 1A, IB show the intermediate product obtained after a first three steps. Therein FIG. 1A shows a top-view and FIG. IB shows a cross- section according to IB-IB in FIG. 1A.
Therein a substrate is 10 is provided in a first step SI. Then in a second step S2 a stack of layers is deposited thereon that comprise at least in the order named a first electrode layer 20, a first charge carrier transport layer 30, an insulating layer 40, a second electrode layer 50 and a second charge carrier transport layer.
The first electrode layer 20 is provided for receiving charge carriers of a first polarity. The first electrode layer 20 may for example be an anode, i.e. arranged for receiving holes as the charge carriers. Alternatively the first electrode layer 20 may be a cathode, i.e. arranged for receiving electrons as the charge carriers. In an embodiment the first electrode layer 20 is deposited with a PVD (physical vapor deposition) method, for example using E-beam PVD. In this example the first electrode layer 20 was provided
as a stack of sub-layers obtained by subsequently depositing a first sublayer of nickel having a thickness of 5 nm, an aluminum layer having a thickness of 190 nm and a second sub-layer of nickel also having a thickness of 5 nm. Then spin-coating (1000 rpm) was used to deposit a NiO layer as the first charge carrier transport layer 30, here a hole transport layer.
An insulating layer 40 was then deposited in a first and a second stage. In the first of these stages a first, 100 nm thick, sublayer of SiOx was deposited by electron-beam deposition and in the second stage a second sublayer of SiOx, also having a thickness of 100 nm was deposited by
PECVD. Then a second electrode layer 50, here a cathode layer of aluminum at a thickness of 200 nm was formed using the same method and conditions as those applied for the deposition of the aluminum sub-layer of the first electrode layer 20.
A second charge carrier transport layer 60, here an electron transport layer was then deposited. In this case electron-beam vapor deposition was used to deposit a TiOx layer with a thickness of 15 nm of linear titanium dioxide (TiOx).
The insulating layer 40 and the layers 50, 60 form a sub-stack having an upper surface 64. In a third step S3, here using spin coating a resist layer 80, here a photo-resist layer having a thickness of 1.6 micron was deposited on this upper surface 64. In other implementations the resist layer may be an imprint-resist layer.
FIG. 2A, 2B show a subsequent step S4. Therein FIG. 2A shows a top-view of an intermediate product resvdting from this step S4 and FIG. 2B shows a cross-section according to IIB-IIB in FIG. 2A. In this subsequent step regularly distributed openings 82 giving access to the upper surface 64 are formed in the resist layer 80. In this embodiment contact lithography was used for this purpose. Using the method described herewith samples were prepared having openings with diameter in the range of 0,5 - 5 μιη and a distance between neighboring openings in the range of 1 - 5 μηι. Therewith
a pitch between 1 and 10 μηι is obtained. The openings having an effective cross-section D in the range of 0.5 to 10 micron, and have an average pitch in the range of 1.1 to 5 times the effective cross-section.
Instead of patterning an originally homogeneous resist layer, it is alternatively possible to directly depositing the resist layer in the desired pattern, for example using a printing technique.
FIGs. 3A and 3B show a subsequent step S5, wherein material of the sub-stack 40, 50, 60 facing the openings 82 is selectively removed.
Therein FIG. 3A shows a top-view of the semi-finished product obtained after this step S5 and FIG. 3B shows a cross-section according to IIIB-IIIB in FIG. 3A. Step S5 involves etching the upper layers 50, 60 by plasma etching. Then the insulating SiOx layer is etched with a further plasma etching process. The photo-resist layer 80 is then fully removed (Step S6), for example by oxygen plasma-etching as illustrated in FIGs. 4A and 4B. Therein FIG. 4A is a top-view and FIG. 4B shows a cross-section according to IVB-IVB in FIG. 4A.
As shown in FIG. 5, in a step S7, subsequent to this step S6, a photo-electric conversion layer 70 is deposited (for example by spin-coating) and cured.
Optional pre-processing steps, S6A and S6B may be performed after removal of the resist layer 80 and before deposition of the photo-electric conversion layer 70.
A first optional pre-processing step S6A is illustrated in FIG. 4B. Therein an edge surface 52 of the second electrode layer 50 is anodized. This edge surface 52 was formed by the step of etching S5. This anodization process an insulating layer is formed on the edge surface 52 therewith avoiding a direct contact between the second electrode layer 50 and the photo-electric conversion layer 70.
FIG. 4C illustrates a second optional pre-processing step S6B. Therein to facihtate the deposition in step S7, an atomic layer deposition
process (ALD) may be used to deposit a thin growth layer 74, e.g. applying a T1O2 layer with a few sALD cycles.
FIG. 4D-4G shows an alternative approach for preventing a direct electrical contact between the second electrode layer 50 and the photo- electric conversion layer 70. After removal (S6) of the patterned resist layer 80 as shown in FIG. 4D, a layer 76 of an insulating material is conformally deposited (Step S6C) on the semi-finished product of FIG. 4D, therewith obtaining the semifinished product of FIG. 4E. Then an anisotropic etch step S6D, e.g. a plasma etch step is applied. The anisotropic etch step S6D removes the insulating material from the surface of the second charge carrier transport layer 60 and from the surface portions of the first charge carrier transport layer 30 within the openings 82 but keeps a layer of the insulating material on the walls of the openings 82 intact. Subsequent to this step S6D the photo-electric conversion layer can be deposited (S6E) as shown in FIG. 4G.
Upon completion the substrate 10 may be removed. For example this may be the case if an electrode layer, e.g. the first electrode layer 20 provides sufficient structural integrity. Alternatively, or in addition mechanical support may be provided by further layers applied on the photo- electric conversion layer 70.
FIG. 9A, 9B, 10A, 10B, 11A, 11B, 12A, 12B and 13 show a further alternative embodiment of a method of manufacturing.
Therein FIG. 9 A, 9B show a semi-finished product that is obtained after step S15 of this embodiment. The steps of this embodiment up to and including S15 of this embodiment correspond to those disclosed herein for steps S1-S5 of the embodiment of FIG. 1A, IB, 2A, 2B and 3A, 3B, except for the fact that the step corresponding to step S2, does not include deposition of a charge carrier transport layer 60. Instead the charge carrier transport layer 60 is deposited in another stage of the process as is discussed with reference to FIG. 12A, 12B. Following step S15, in step S16 shown in FIG.
10A, 10B, an opening 54 is formed in the second electrode layer 50. This can be achieved by a wet etching step selected for the second electrode layer 50. For example using a PES (Phosphoric Acid, Acetic Acid, Sulphoric acid The last is now often replaced with Nitric acid) solution in case of a second electrode 50 formed by an aluminum layer or having an aluminum layer as a main layer which is sandwiched between auxiliary layers, e.g. formed by molybdenum. Alternatively, if the second electrode 50 is formed by
conductive oxide layer, such as ITO, a HCL-FeCl solution may be used as the etching agent. Still alternatively an isotropic or anisotropic plasma etching step may be used in step S16A.
In a next step S16B, as shown in FIG. 11 A, 11B, an opening 44 is formed in the insulating layer 40, to expose the surface of the charge carrier transport layer 30. An isotropic plasma etching step, for example using CF4/O2 may be apphed. Also wet etching can be used. E.G. NH4F if a siliconoxide isolator is used.
In a further step S16C, a second charge carrier transport layer 60, is deposited in an electroplating process, therewith using the layer 50 as the electrode. Due to the curved edge 55 of the opening formed in the electrode 50, an increased electric field is obtained that enhances the deposition speed near the opening. By way of example, a hole transport layer may be deposited as the charge carrier transport layer 60, e.g. CuSCN using a solution of CuS04/ Nitrilotriacetic acid /KSCN. Alternatively, the charge carrier transport layer 60 may be deposited from an ionic liquid.
Then in step S17, which is comparable to step S7 as disclosed with reference to FIG. 5, a photo-electric conversion layer 70 is deposited.
In the photo-voltaic element so obtained, the extensions 72 taper outward in a direction from the first charge carrier transport layer 30 towards the second charge carrier layer 60. As a result of the electroplating process used for the second charge carrier transport layer 60, the material thereof covers a surface of the second electrode 50 surrounding the
extensions 72. Using an isotropic etching process, the openings formed will taper outward towards the second charge carrier layer 60 with an angle of approximately 45 degrees, so that the perimeter of the opening at the contact-surface of the first charge carrier transport layer is displaced with respect to the perimeter at the level of the surface of the second charge carrier transport layer is of the order of magnitude of the total thickness of the layers in which the opening is formed. For example, if the effective cross-section Deff of the opening with which the first charge carrier layer 30 is to be exposed, as defined by the mask used for etching is 1 micron, and the thicknesses of the second electrode layer 50 and the insulating layer 40 are 100 nm and 300 nm respectively, then at the plane surface of the second charge carrier transport layer 60, the cross-section Dout may be about 1.8 micron. As the electroplated second charge carrier layer 60 also has a portion 65 that extends over the tapering wall of the opening the contact surface of the second charge carrier layer 60 available for the photovoltaic layer 70 to be deposited in the next step is increased as compared to the situation in FIG. 4B for example. In the embodiment of FIG. 12B, the available contact surface At formed by the tapering hole in the second charge carrier transport layer is
At = πΗ(ϋβίϊ+αΗ), wherein H is the height of the electrode layer 50 and a is the inclination factor with which the diameter widens towards the surface 67 of the second charge carrier transport layer 60. I.e. the inclination factor a is defined by
a=(Dout-Deff)/2H.
This additional surface At is illustrated as the hatched are At in FIG. 12D This is compared with the situation in FIG. 4B. In that case, an annulus having an inner diameter Deff and an outer diameter Dout would be additionally available at the surface 67 of the second charge carrier transport layer. The surface Ac of this area between the dashed circle in
FIG. 12C and area removed by the opening to give access to the first charge carrier transport layer 30 is equal to
Ac=l/2 παΒΉ + πα2Η2
Hence the difference in the surface At and the surface Ac is equal to
ΔΑ= At-Ac = π(1-α/2)ΟΗ+π (1-α)Η2
Accordingly, if a is in a range between 0 and 1, the contact surface area of the second charge carrier layer 60 is always improved. Furthermore an improvement may be obtained in the range Ka<2, provided that:
π(1- /2)Β>πα(1- )Η. It is noted that the height of the second charge carrier transport layer 60 typically is substantially smaller than the height of the second electrode layer. However, for visibility the height of this layer 60 is exaggerated.
An alternative embodiment of the method is illustrated in FIG. 14A, 14B, 15A, 16B.
The preparatory steps with which the semi-finished product as shown in FIG. 14A, 14B is obtained after step S26, differ from those used for the semi-finished product of FIG. 11 A, 1 IB, in that no first charge-carrier transport layer 30 is deposited. Instead, in the subsequent step S27 as shown in FIG. 15A, 15B, the first charge-carrier transport layer 30 is deposited locally on the exposed portions of the surface of the first electrode layer 20, using an electroplating process. E.g. electroplating of an ETL hke S11O2 from a solution of 20 niM tin chloride (SnC ) and 75 mM nitric acid Starting from here, also the second charge-carrier transport layer 60 can be deposited, as shown in FIG. 12A, 12B and a photo-electric conversion layer 70 can be deposited as shown in FIG. 13. The second charge carrier transport layer, in this case a HTL, may be deposited for example from CuSCN using a solution of CuS04/ Nitrilotriacetic acid /KSCN. The product so obtained, as shown in FIG. 16, is characterized in that the first charge carrier layer 30 is absent in areas of the first electrode layer 20 covered by the insulating layer 40. In an alternative embodiment, electrodeposition
may be used to deposit a hole transport layer as the first charge carrier transport layer 30 and to deposit an electron transport layer as the second charge carrier transport layer 60.
It is still further possible that only the first charge-carrier layer 30 is deposited by electro-plating. For example, starting from a semifinished product, differing from the semi-finished product of FIG. 2A, 2B, in that a first charge carrier transport layer 30 is absent, an opening may be formed in the layers 40, 50 and 60 in steps as described with reference to FIG 3A, 3B, or as described with reference to FIG. 10A, 10B, 11A, 11B, and subsequently an electro-plating step S37 can be used to deposit a first charge carrier layer 30 on the exposed portions of the surface of the first electrode 20, as shown in FIG. 17A, 17B. Also in this case, the product which is obtained is characterized in that the first charge carrier layer 30 is absent in areas of the first electrode layer 20 covered by the insulating layer 40.
While the invention has been illustrated and described in detail in the drawings and foregoing description, such illustration and description are to be considered illustrative and exemplary and not restrictive; the invention is not hmited to the disclosed embodiments. Other variations to the disclosed embodiments can be understood and effected by those skilled in the art in practicing the claimed invention, from a study of the drawings, the disclosure and the appended claims.
In the claims the word "comprising" does not exclude other elements or steps, and the indefinite article "a" or "an" does not exclude a plurality. A single processor or other unit may fulfill the functions of several items recited in the claims. The mere fact that certain measures are recited in mutually different claims does not indicate that a combination of these measures cannot be used to advantage. Any reference signs in the claims should not be construed as limiting the scope.
Claims
1. A photo-voltaic element (1) comprising a stack of layers, the stack of layers at least including the following layers arranged in the order named:
a first electrode layer (20) for receiving charge carriers of a first polarity,
a first charge carrier transport layer (30), for transport of charge carriers having said first polarity,
an insulating layer (40),
a second electrode layer (50) for receiving charge carriers of a second polarity opposite to said first polarity,
a second charge carrier transport layer (60), for transport of charge carriers having said second polarity,
a photo-electric conversion layer (70), comprising a plurality of distributed extensions (72) extending through said second charge carrier transport layer (60), said second electrode layer (50) and said insulating layer (40) to the first charge carrier transport layer (30), the extensions (72) having an effective cross-section Deff in the range of 0.5 to 10 micron, and having an average pitch in the range of 1.1 to 5 times said effective cross- section, the effective cross-section being a diameter of a circle having an area corresponding to the cross-sectional area A0 of the extensions, and the extensions having a circumference O that is less than 10 times the effective diameter Dexf.
2. The photo-voltaic element according to claim 1, wherein said second electrode layer (50) has anodized edge surfaces (52) facing the extensions (72) of the photo-electric conversion layer (70).
3. The photo-voltaic element according to claim 1, wherein an insulating material is provided around said extensions (72), forming an insulating wall (78) between said second electrode layer (50) and said photoelectric conversion layer (70).
4. The photo-voltaic element according to claim 1, 2 or 3, further comprising a growth layer (74) at an interface between said photo-electric conversion layer (70) and said second charge carrier transport layer (60) as well as at an interface between said extensions (72) of the photo-electric conversion layer and each of edge surfaces of said second charge carrier transport layer (60), said second electrode layer (50) and said insulating layer (40) and at an interface between said extensions of the photo-electric conversion layer and the first charge carrier transport layer (30).
5. The photo-voltaic element according to one of the previous claims, wherein the photo-electric conversion layer is provided of a perovskite material.
6. The photo-voltaic element according to one of the previous claims, wherein the photo-electric conversion layer is made of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS).
7. The photo-voltaic element according to one of the previous claims, wherein an edge portion of an upper surface of the first electrode layer (20) is kept free from material of the first charge carrier transport layer (30) and is provided with a first electrical contact (25) and or an edge portion of an upper surface of the second electrode layer (50) is kept free from material of the second charge carrier transport layer (60) and is provided with a second electrical contact (55).
8. The photo-voltaic element according to one of the previous claims, wherein said first electrode layer (20), said first charge carrier transport layer (30), said insvdating layer (40) and said second electrode layer (50) are provided as a plurality of layer segments, wherein a plurality of lateral sub- stack segments each comprise a respective first electrode layer segment (20A, 20B), a first charge carrier transport layer segment (30A, 30B), an insulating layer segment (40A, 40B) and a second electrode layer segment (50A, 50B), wherein a second electrode layer segment (50A) of a lateral sub- stack segment extends over a first electrode layer segment (20B) in a neighboring sub-stack segment, therewith forming an electrical connection between said second electrode layer segment (50A) of said lateral sub-stack segment and said first electrode layer segment (20B) in said neighboring lateral sub-stack segment.
9. The photo-voltaic element according to claim 1, wherein the extensions (72) taper outward in a direction from the first charge carrier transport layer (30) towards the second charge carrier layer (60).
10. The photo-voltaic element according to claim 9, wherein a material of the second charge carrier transport layer (60) covers a surface of the second electrode (50) surrounding the extensions (72).
11. The photo-electric element according to one of the previous claims, wherein the first charge carrier layer (30) is absent in areas of the first electrode layer (20) covered by the insulating layer (40).
12. Method of manufacturin a photo-voltaic element comprising the steps of:
providing (Si) a substrate (10);
- depositing (S2) thereon a stack of layers comprising at least in the order named:
a first electrode layer (20) for receiving charge carriers of a first polarity;
an insulating layer (40);
a second electrode layer (50) for receiving charge carriers of a second polarity opposite to said first polarity;
wherein the insulating layer and layers subsequently deposited in this step form a substack having an upper surface (64),
applying (S3) a resist layer (80) on said upper surface, wherein said resist layer is provided (S4) with a plurality of distributed openings (82) towards said upper surface, the openings having an effective cross-section D in the range of 0.5 to 10 micron, and having an average pitch in the range of 1.1 to 5 times said effective cross-section, the effective cross-section being a diameter of a circle having an area corresponding to the cross-sectional area A of the extensions, and the extensions having a circumference O that is less than 10 times the effective diameter Deif,
etching (S5) to selectively remove material of the sub-stack facing the openings (82),
removing (S6) the resist layer subsequent to said etching, depositing (S7) and curing a photo-electric conversion layer (70) subsequent to said removing.
13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising depositing a first charge carrier transport layer (30), for transport of charge carriers having said first polarity and depositing a second charge carrier transport layer (60), for transport of charge carriers having said second polarity.
14. The method according to claim 13, wherein said depositing a first charge carrier transport layer (30) is subsequent to depositing the first electrode layer and preceding to depositing the insulating layer and said depositing the second charge carrier layer is subsequent to depositing the insulating layer and preceding depositing the resist layer.
15. The method according to claim 13, wherein the second charge carrier transport layer is deposited with an electroplating process and subsequent to removing (S6) the resist layer, and preceding depositing (S7) and curing a photo-electric conversion layer (70).
16. The method according to claim 13 or 15, wherein the first charge carrier transport layer (30) is deposited with an electroplating process.
17. The method according to claim 14, further comprising anodizing (S6A) an edge surface of the second electrode layer resulting from said etching, said anodizing being performed prior to the step of depositing the photo-electric conversion layer.
18. The method according to claim 14, further comprising conformally depositing (S6C) a layer (76) of an insulating material subsequent to said step of etching (S5) and anisotropically etching (S6D) said layer (76) to removes the insulating material from the surface of the second charge carrier transport layer (60) and from the surface portions of the first charge carrier transport layer (30) within the openings (82) while keeping a layer (78) of the insulating material on the walls of the openings (82) intact.
19. The method according to claim 12, 17 or 18, further comprising depositing (S6B) a growth layer (74) subsequent to said step of etching (S5) and prior to the step of depositing (S7) the photo-electric conversion layer.
20. The method according to one of the claims 12-19, further comprising depositing a barrier (90) over said photo-electric conversion layer.
21. The method according to claim 20, wherein said barrier (90) has a refractive index lower than a refractive index of said photo-electric conversion layer.
22. The method according to claim 20 or 21, comprising applying a hght in coupling structure (100) over said barrier.
23. The method according to claim 22, wherein said light in coupling structure comprises a plurality of hght in coupling elements.
24. The method according to one of the claims 12-23, wherein the photo-electric conversion layer (70) is provided of a perovskite material or of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS).
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