Suppressed phase segregation for triple-junction perovskite solar cells

Wang, Zaiwei; Zeng, Lewei; Zhu, Tong; Chen, Hao; Chen, Bin; Kubicki, Dominik J.; Balvanz, Adam; Li, Chongwen; Maxwell, Aidan; Ugur, Esma; dos Reis, Roberto; Cheng, Matthew; Yang, Guang; Subedi, Biwas; Luo, Deying; Hu, Juntao; Wang, Junke; Teale, Sam; Mahesh, Suhas; Wang, Sasa; Hu, Shuangyan; Jung, Eui Dae; Wei, Mingyang; Park, So Min; Grater, Luke; Aydin, Erkan; Song, Zhaoning; Podraza, Nikolas J.; Lu, Zheng-Hong; Huang, Jinsong; Dravid, Vinayak P.; De Wolf, Stefaan; Yan, Yanfa; Grätzel, Michael; Kanatzidis, Merx G.; Sargent, Edward H.

doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06006-7

Suppressed phase segregation for triple-junction perovskite solar cells

Journal Article · Tue Mar 28 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Nature (London)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06006-7· OSTI ID:2478133

^[1]; Zeng, Lewei ^[1]; Zhu, Tong ^[1]; ^[1]; Chen, Bin ^[2]; ^[3]; Balvanz, Adam ^[4]; Li, Chongwen ^[1]; Maxwell, Aidan ^[1]; ^[5]; ^[4]; Cheng, Matthew ^[4]; ^[6]; Subedi, Biwas ^[1]; ^[7]; Hu, Juntao ^[8]; Wang, Junke ^[1]; ^[1]; Mahesh, Suhas ^[1]; Wang, Sasa ^[1] more »

University of Toledo, OH (United States)
University of Toledo, OH (United States); Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (United States)
University of Warwick, Coventry (United Kingdom)
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (United States)
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal (Saudi Arabia)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC (United States)
University of Toronto (Canada)
Yunnan University, Kunming (China)
University of Toledo, OH (United States); Ecole Polytechnique Fedérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne (Switzerland)
University of Toronto (Canada); Yunnan University, Kunming (China)
Ecole Polytechnique Fedérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne (Switzerland)

The tunable band gaps and facile fabrication of perovskites make them attractive for multi-junction photovoltaics. However, light-induced phase segregation limits their efficiency and stability: this occurs in wide band gap (> 1.65 eV) I/Br mixed perovskite absorbers, and becomes even more acute in the top cells of triple-junction solar photovoltaics that requires a fully 2.0 eV band gap absorber. We report herein that lattice distortion in I/Br mixed perovskites is correlated with the suppression of phase segregation, generating an increased ion migration energy barrier arising from the decreased average interatomic distance between A-site cation and iodide. Using a ~2.0 eV Rb/Cs mixed-cation inorganic perovskite with large lattice distortion in the top subcell, we fabricated all-perovskite triple-junction solar cells and achieved an efficiency of 24.3% (23.3% certified quasi-steady-state efficiency) with an open-circuit voltage of 3.21 V. This is, to our knowledge, the first reported certified efficiency for perovskite-based triple-junction solar cells. The triple-junction devices retain 80% of their initial efficiency following 420 hours of operation at the maximum power point.

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Research Organization:: University of Toledo, OH (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST); Office of Naval Research (ONR); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0008753

OSTI ID:: 2478133

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2418662

Journal Information:: Nature (London), Journal Name: Nature (London) Journal Issue: 7963 Vol. 618; ISSN 0028-0836

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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