Optical and Electrical Properties of ITO Coated Willow Glass for Upscaling Perovskite Solar Cell Manufacturing Using Photonic Curing

Abstract

Indium tin oxide (ITO) coated Willow glass is an excellent substrate for roll-to-roll manufacturing of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) but can have large variability in its optical and electrical properties. Photonic curing uses intense light pulses instead of heat to process materials and has the potential to facilitate faster processing speeds in roll-to-roll manufacturing to upscale the production of PSCs. The substrate materials’ properties play an integral role in the photonic curing outcome. Here, we present the effect of ITO transmission on the photonic curing of NiO sol-gel precursors into metal oxide and consequently the PSC performance.