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Prospects for metal halide perovskite-based tandem solar cells

Journal Article · · Nature Photonics

Over the past decade, metal halide perovskite photovoltaics have been a major focus of research, with single-junction perovskite solar cells evolving from an initial power conversion efficiency of 3.8% to reach 25.5%. The broad bandgap tunability of perovskites makes them versatile candidates as the subcell in a tandem photovoltaics architecture. Stacking photovoltaic absorbers with cascaded bandgaps in a multi-junction device can potentially overcome the Shockley–Queisser efficiency limit of 33.7% for single-junction solar cells. There is now intense activity in developing tandem solar cells that pair perovskite with either itself or with a variety of mature photovoltaic technologies such as silicon and Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 (CIGS). In this review, we survey recent advances in the field and discuss its outlook.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
Grant/Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1785333
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA--5900-78146; MainId:32055; UUID:9aa1c75e-92ea-4703-8f85-8dbb7291f064; MainAdminID:24520
Journal Information:
Nature Photonics, Journal Name: Nature Photonics Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 15; ISSN 1749-4885
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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