TCO-free flexible organo metal trihalide perovskite planar-heterojunction solar cells

In this work we present a transparent conductive oxide (TCO)-free flexible perovskite planar hetero- junction solar cell made with a semitransparent anode realized with a highly conductive poly(3,4- ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) PEDOT:PSS (PH1000 by Clevios) modified with ethylene glycol layer,deposited via spraycoating.We investigated several formulations of PEDOT:PSS modified by addition of solvents with high boiling point such as ethyleneglycol (EG) and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO). Optimized samples show a 65% transmittance at 550 nm and a sheet resistance of 28 Ω/□. On these optimized electrodes we fabricated a TCO-free flexible device,the best of which exhibited a power conversion efficiency of 4.9% under 100mW/cm2 illumination a A M1.5G.The efficiency of the perovskite planar-heterojunction solar cell, with the modified PEDOT:PSS anode was comparable to the one realized on a PET–ITO anode.Moreover,in the bending test, ITO-free flexible solar cell manifested superior mechanical robustness, showing the high flexibility of the perovskite layer.