Learning from existing photovoltaic technologies to identify alternative perovskite module designs

Werner, Jérémie; Boyd, Caleb C.; Moot, Taylor; Wolf, Eli J.; France, Ryan M.; Johnson, Samuel A.; van Hest, Maikel M.; Luther, Joseph M.; Zhu, Kai; Berry, Joseph J.; McGehee, Michael D.

doi:10.1039/d0ee01923b

Learning from existing photovoltaic technologies to identify alternative perovskite module designs

Journal Article · Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Energy & Environmental Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ee01923b· OSTI ID:1834020

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Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); University of Colorado Boulder
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Perovskite solar cells have now become the most efficient of all multicrystalline thin film photovoltaic technologies, reaching 25.2% in 2019. This outstanding figure of merit has only been achieved on small lab-scale devices, with significantly lower performance when processed on larger more industrially relevant substrate sizes. Perovskite modules, connecting several smaller area cells together, are commonly demonstrated with a superstrate monolithic interconnection method. However, several other module designs exist and remain largely unexplored by the perovskite community. In this work, we review and highlight those alternatives and discuss their advantages and limitations. We propose that a singulated substrate-oriented module design, using metallic substrates, could provide a quicker path to seeing highly efficient, lightweight, and flexible perovskite modules on the market, while mitigating near-term technical risks. Finally, as an experimental starting-point towards this design, we demonstrate a substrate-oriented all-perovskite 2-terminal tandem with 18% efficiency.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308; EE0008551

OSTI ID:: 1834020

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1755704
OSTI ID: 1651154
OSTI ID: 1894510

Journal Information:: Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Name: Energy & Environmental Science Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 13; ISSN 1754-5692

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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