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Title: The efficiency limit of CH{sub 3}NH{sub 3}PbI{sub 3} perovskite solar cells

Abstract

With the consideration of photon recycling effect, the efficiency limit of methylammonium lead iodide (CH{sub 3}NH{sub 3}PbI{sub 3}) perovskite solar cells is predicted by a detailed balance model. To obtain convincing predictions, both AM 1.5 spectrum of Sun and experimentally measured complex refractive index of perovskite material are employed in the detailed balance model. The roles of light trapping and angular restriction in improving the maximal output power of thin-film perovskite solar cells are also clarified. The efficiency limit of perovskite cells (without the angular restriction) is about 31%, which approaches to Shockley-Queisser limit (33%) achievable by gallium arsenide (GaAs) cells. Moreover, the Shockley-Queisser limit could be reached with a 200 nm-thick perovskite solar cell, through integrating a wavelength-dependent angular-restriction design with a textured light-trapping structure. Additionally, the influence of the trap-assisted nonradiative recombination on the device efficiency is investigated. The work is fundamentally important to high-performance perovskite photovoltaics.

Authors:
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  1. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22412532
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 106; Journal Issue: 22; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; AMMONIA; EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM ARSENIDES; LEAD IODIDES; PEROVSKITE; PHOTONS; RECOMBINATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; VISIBLE SPECTRA

Citation Formats

Sha, Wei E. I., The University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, Ren, Xingang, Chen, Luzhou, and Choy, Wallace C. H.,. The efficiency limit of CH{sub 3}NH{sub 3}PbI{sub 3} perovskite solar cells. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4922150.
Sha, Wei E. I., The University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, Ren, Xingang, Chen, Luzhou, & Choy, Wallace C. H.,. The efficiency limit of CH{sub 3}NH{sub 3}PbI{sub 3} perovskite solar cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4922150
Sha, Wei E. I., The University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, Ren, Xingang, Chen, Luzhou, and Choy, Wallace C. H.,. 2015. "The efficiency limit of CH{sub 3}NH{sub 3}PbI{sub 3} perovskite solar cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4922150.
@article{osti_22412532,
title = {The efficiency limit of CH{sub 3}NH{sub 3}PbI{sub 3} perovskite solar cells},
author = {Sha, Wei E. I. and The University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation and Ren, Xingang and Chen, Luzhou and Choy, Wallace C. H.,},
abstractNote = {With the consideration of photon recycling effect, the efficiency limit of methylammonium lead iodide (CH{sub 3}NH{sub 3}PbI{sub 3}) perovskite solar cells is predicted by a detailed balance model. To obtain convincing predictions, both AM 1.5 spectrum of Sun and experimentally measured complex refractive index of perovskite material are employed in the detailed balance model. The roles of light trapping and angular restriction in improving the maximal output power of thin-film perovskite solar cells are also clarified. The efficiency limit of perovskite cells (without the angular restriction) is about 31%, which approaches to Shockley-Queisser limit (33%) achievable by gallium arsenide (GaAs) cells. Moreover, the Shockley-Queisser limit could be reached with a 200 nm-thick perovskite solar cell, through integrating a wavelength-dependent angular-restriction design with a textured light-trapping structure. Additionally, the influence of the trap-assisted nonradiative recombination on the device efficiency is investigated. The work is fundamentally important to high-performance perovskite photovoltaics.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4922150},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22412532}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 22,
volume = 106,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}