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Title: High-Photovoltage All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells for Photovoltaic-Electrolysis Water-Splitting Applications

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Monolithic perovskite/perovskite tandem solar cells have attracted substantial attention owing to their promise for high power conversion efficiency (PCE) and low fabrication cost. Conventional all-perovskite tandem solar cells employ a mixed tin (Sn)-lead (Pb) low-bandgap subcell, which suffers from instability issues in the ambient air. Here, we fabricate two-terminal perovskite/perovskite tandem solar cells consisting of two solution-processed perovskite subcells based on the more airstable pure Pb-based perovskites. The champion perovskite tandem cell exhibits a PCE of 19.2% with a high open-circuit voltage of 2.15 V. We further demonstrate photovoltaicelectrolysis (PV-EC) water-splitting applications using these high-photovoltage all-perovskite tandem solar cells.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (EE-3F); U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1823795
Report Number(s):
NREL/CP-5900-81136; MainId:79912; UUID:575e6128-7d02-4f1b-917d-c2a1aa244e69; MainAdminID:63107
Resource Relation:
Conference: Presented at the 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 20-25 June 2021
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English