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Semi-transparent perovskite solar cells for tandems with silicon and CIGS

Journal Article · · Energy & Environmental Science
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ee03322a· OSTI ID:1237896
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  1. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  2. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
  3. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
  4. Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne (Switzerland); College des Ingenieurs, Munchen (Germany)
  5. Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne (Switzerland)
  6. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

A promising approach for upgrading the performance of an established low-bandgap solar technology without adding much cost is to deposit a high bandgap polycrystalline semiconductor on top to make a tandem solar cell. We use a transparent silver nanowire electrode on perovskite solar cells to achieve a semi-transparent device. We place the semi-transparent cell in a mechanically-stacked tandem configuration onto copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) and low-quality multicrystalline silicon (Si) to achieve solid-state polycrystalline tandem solar cells with a net improvement in efficiency over the bottom cell alone. Furthermore, this work paves the way for integrating perovskites into a low-cost and high-efficiency (>25%) tandem cell.

Research Organization:
Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S)
Grant/Contract Number:
EE0004946
OSTI ID:
1237896
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1220721
Journal Information:
Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Name: Energy & Environmental Science Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 8; ISSN EESNBY; ISSN 1754-5692
Publisher:
Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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