Reverse-Bias Resilience of Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells

Xu, Zhaojian; Bristow, Helen; Babics, Maxime; Vishal, Badri; Aydin, Erkan; Azmi, Randi; Ugur, Esma; Yildirim, Bumin K.; Liu, Jiang; Kerner, Ross A.; De Wolf, Stefaan; Rand, Barry P.

doi:10.1016/j.joule.2023.07.017

Reverse-Bias Resilience of Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells

Journal Article · 05 September 2023 · Joule

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2023.07.017· OSTI ID:2005601

; Bristow, Helen; ; Vishal, Badri; ; ; ; ; Liu, Jiang; ; ;

Metal halide perovskites have rapidly enabled a range of high-performance photovoltaic technologies. However, catastrophic failure under reverse voltage bias poses a roadblock for their commercialization. In this work, we conduct a series of stress tests to compare the reverse-bias stability of perovskite single-junction, silicon single-junction, and monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells. We demonstrate that the tested perovskite/silicon tandem devices are considerably more resilient against reverse bias compared with perovskite single-junction devices. The origin of such improved stability stems from the low reverse-bias diode current of the silicon subcell. This translates to dropping most of the voltage over the silicon subcell, where such a favorable voltage distribution protects the perovskite subcell from reverse-bias-induced degradation. These results highlight that, compared with other perovskite technologies, monolithic perovskite/silicon tandems are at a higher technology readiness level in terms of tackling the reverse bias and partial shading challenges, which is a considerable advantage toward commercialization.

Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 2005601

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5900-85718; MainId:86491; UUID:122554f5-067a-44c8-a20f-1707dd080db9; MainAdminID:70762

Journal Information:: Joule, Vol. 7, Issue 9

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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