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Article

Strategies towards Cost Reduction in the Manufacture of Printable Perovskite Solar Modules

by
Dena Pourjafari
1,*,
Simone M. P. Meroni
2,*,
Diecenia Peralta Domínguez
1,
Renán Escalante
1,
Jenny Baker
2,
Alessary Saadi Monroy
1,
Adrian Walters
2,
Trystan Watson
2 and
Gerko Oskam
1,*
1
Departamento de Física Aplicada, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mérida 97310, Yucatán, Mexico
2
SPECIFIC IKC, Materials Research Centre, College of Engineering, Bay Campus, Swansea University, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Energies 2022, 15(2), 641; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15020641
Submission received: 10 December 2021 / Revised: 6 January 2022 / Accepted: 11 January 2022 / Published: 17 January 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Thin Films for Energy Applications)
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Abstract

Among different perovskite solar cell architectures, the carbon-based perovskite solar cell (C-PSC) is a promising candidate for upscaling and commercialization related to low-cost components and simple manufacturing methods. For upscaling a PV technology, three parameters must be considered, corresponding to efficiency, stability, and cost. While the efficiency and lifetime of perovskite technology are the focus of many research groups, the cost parameter is less studied. This work aims to provide information on the manufacturing cost of C-PSC based on experimental data in order to give the readers a panoramic overview of parameters influencing a fabrication process. To analyze the commercialization viability of this technology, we estimated the cost of raw materials and the manufacturing process for sub-modules using two different methods: registration and scribing. The fabrication cost of a sub-module fabricated using the scribing method with 7.9% efficiency was approximately 44% less than that of a device with 6.8% efficiency prepared using registration. We demonstrated that this is due to both the design parameters and performance. In addition, we showed a 51% cost reduction for registration devices by appropriate choice of solar cell components, fabrication steps, and equipment based on the existing infrastructures for the manufacturing of large-scale devices.
Keywords: manufacturing cost analysis; perovskite module; printable solar cells manufacturing cost analysis; perovskite module; printable solar cells

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Pourjafari, D.; Meroni, S.M.P.; Peralta Domínguez, D.; Escalante, R.; Baker, J.; Saadi Monroy, A.; Walters, A.; Watson, T.; Oskam, G. Strategies towards Cost Reduction in the Manufacture of Printable Perovskite Solar Modules. Energies 2022, 15, 641. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15020641

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Pourjafari D, Meroni SMP, Peralta Domínguez D, Escalante R, Baker J, Saadi Monroy A, Walters A, Watson T, Oskam G. Strategies towards Cost Reduction in the Manufacture of Printable Perovskite Solar Modules. Energies. 2022; 15(2):641. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15020641

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Pourjafari, Dena, Simone M. P. Meroni, Diecenia Peralta Domínguez, Renán Escalante, Jenny Baker, Alessary Saadi Monroy, Adrian Walters, Trystan Watson, and Gerko Oskam. 2022. "Strategies towards Cost Reduction in the Manufacture of Printable Perovskite Solar Modules" Energies 15, no. 2: 641. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15020641

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Pourjafari, D., Meroni, S. M. P., Peralta Domínguez, D., Escalante, R., Baker, J., Saadi Monroy, A., Walters, A., Watson, T., & Oskam, G. (2022). Strategies towards Cost Reduction in the Manufacture of Printable Perovskite Solar Modules. Energies, 15(2), 641. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15020641

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