Four-Terminal All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells Achieving Power Conversion Efficiencies Exceeding 23%

doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01287

Title: Four-Terminal All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells Achieving Power Conversion Efficiencies Exceeding 23%

Abstract

We report on fabrication of 4-terminal all-perovskite tandem solar cells with power conversion efficiencies exceeding 23% by mechanically stacking semitransparent 1.75 eV wide-bandgap FA_0.8Cs_0.2Pb(I_0.7Br_0.3)₃ perovskite top cells with 1.25 eV low-bandgap (FASnI₃)_0.6(MAPbI₃)_0.4 bottom cells. The top cells use MoOx/ITO transparent electrodes and achieve transmittance up to 70% beyond 700 nm.

Authors:

^[1]; Wang, Changlei ^[2];

^[1]; Yu, Yue ^[3]; Chen, Cong ^[1]; Zhao, Xingzhong ^[4];

^[5];

^[1]

Univ. of Toledo, Toledo, OH (United States)
Univ. of Toledo, Toledo, OH (United States); Wuhan Univ., Wuhan (China)
Univ. of Toledo, OH (United States)
Wuhan Univ., Wuhan (China)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Publication Date:: 2018-01-04

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S), SunShot Initiative

OSTI Identifier:: 1425570

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5900-71081
Journal ID: ISSN 2380-8195

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: ACS Energy Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2380-8195

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; perovskite tandem solar cells; power coversion; efficiencies

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                    Zhao, Dewei, Wang, Changlei, Song, Zhaoning, Yu, Yue, Chen, Cong, Zhao, Xingzhong, Zhu, Kai, and Yan, Yanfa. Four-Terminal All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells Achieving Power Conversion Efficiencies Exceeding 23%.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Zhao, Dewei, Wang, Changlei, Song, Zhaoning, Yu, Yue, Chen, Cong, Zhao, Xingzhong, Zhu, Kai, & Yan, Yanfa. Four-Terminal All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells Achieving Power Conversion Efficiencies Exceeding 23%.  United States.  doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01287.

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                    Zhao, Dewei, Wang, Changlei, Song, Zhaoning, Yu, Yue, Chen, Cong, Zhao, Xingzhong, Zhu, Kai, and Yan, Yanfa. Thu .  
        "Four-Terminal All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells Achieving Power Conversion Efficiencies Exceeding 23%".  United States.  doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01287.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1425570.

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@article{osti_1425570,

  title        = {Four-Terminal All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells Achieving Power Conversion Efficiencies Exceeding 23%},

  author       = {Zhao, Dewei and Wang, Changlei and Song, Zhaoning and Yu, Yue and Chen, Cong and Zhao, Xingzhong and Zhu, Kai and Yan, Yanfa},

  abstractNote = {We report on fabrication of 4-terminal all-perovskite tandem solar cells with power conversion efficiencies exceeding 23% by mechanically stacking semitransparent 1.75 eV wide-bandgap FA0.8Cs0.2Pb(I0.7Br0.3)3 perovskite top cells with 1.25 eV low-bandgap (FASnI3)0.6(MAPbI3)0.4 bottom cells. The top cells use MoOx/ITO transparent electrodes and achieve transmittance up to 70% beyond 700 nm.},

  doi          = {10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01287},

  journal      = {ACS Energy Letters},

  number       = 2,

  volume       = 3,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2018},

  month        = {1}

}

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Figure 1.: (a) Absorption spectrum of a 1.75 eV perovskite film and transmittance spectrum of a semitransparent 1.75 eV perovskite top cell. (b) J−V curves of the semitransparent 1.75 eV perovskite top cell illuminated from the glass/FTO side and the 1.25 eV perovskite bottom cell with and without the semitransparentmore »

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