Abstract

Bifacial perovskite solar cells have gained significant interest due to their high light-harvesting capabilities. In this study, a multilayer transparent conducting film (MLTCF) composed of indium tin oxide (ITO)/2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (BCP)/Ag/ITO is developed as a top electrode for bifacial perovskite solar cells (PSCs). By applying BCP at the bottom of the ITO layer as an adhesion promoter, the Volmer–Weber mechanism of island growth pattern for Ag under thickness threshold conditions is successfully suppressed. This results in ultra-thin (8 nm) and ultra-smooth Ag films with a relatively low sheet resistance of 5.5 Ω/sq and high transmittance of 85.8 % at a typical wavelength of 550 nm. Furthermore, a molybdenum oxide (MoO3) overlayer is evaporated onto the soft organic charge transport layer as a protective buffer to prevent sputtering damage during the deposition of ITO and Ag films. Consequently, bifacial PSCs exhibit an optimized power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 20.3% for single-side illumination from the glass side, and equivalent PCEs of 23.6 %, 25.2 %, 26.8 % with albedo of 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4, respectively. This work paves the way for the development of highly efficient bifacial thin-film solar cells.

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