Tin–lead halide perovskites with improved thermal and air stability for efficient all-perovskite tandem solar cells

Leijtens, Tomas; Prasanna, Rohit; Bush, Kevin A.; Eperon, Giles E.; Raiford, James A.; Gold-Parker, Aryeh; Wolf, Eli J.; Swifter, Simon A.; Boyd, Caleb C.; Wang, Hsin-Ping; Toney, Michael F.; Bent, Stacey F.; McGehee, Michael D.

doi:10.1039/c8se00314a

Tin–lead halide perovskites with improved thermal and air stability for efficient all-perovskite tandem solar cells

Journal Article · Tue Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Sustainable Energy & Fuels

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c8se00314a· OSTI ID:1490726

^[1]; ^[1]; Bush, Kevin A. ^[2]; Eperon, Giles E. ^[3]; Raiford, James A. ^[4]; ^[5]; Wolf, Eli J. ^[2]; Swifter, Simon A. ^[2]; Boyd, Caleb C. ^[2]; Wang, Hsin-Ping ^[2]; ^[6]; Bent, Stacey F. ^[4]; McGehee, Michael D. ^[7]

Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science; National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom). Cavendish Lab.
Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science; Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering

We report the fabrication of monolithic all-perovskite tandem solar cells with a stabilized power conversion efficiency of 19.1% and demonstrate improved thermal, atmospheric, and operational stability of the tin–lead perovskite (FA_0.75Cs_0.25Sn_0.5Pb_0.5I₃) used as the low gap absorber.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF); European Union (EU)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1490726

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1482895

Journal Information:: Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Journal Name: Sustainable Energy & Fuels Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 2; ISSN SEFUA7; ISSN 2398-4902

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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