Compositional texture engineering for highly stable wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells
Abstract
The development of highly stable and efficient wide-bandgap (WBG) perovskite solar cells (PSCs) based on bromine-iodine (Br–I) mixed-halide perovskite (with Br greater than 20%) is critical to create tandem solar cells. However, issues with Br–I phase segregation under solar cell operational conditions (such as light and heat) limit the device voltage and operational stability. This challenge is often exacerbated by the ready defect formation associated with the rapid crystallization of Br-rich perovskite chemistry with antisolvent processes. We combined the rapid Br crystallization with a gentle gas-quench method to prepare highly textured columnar 1.75–electron volt Br–I mixed WBG perovskite films with reduced defect density. Here, with this approach, we obtained 1.75–electron volt WBG PSCs with greater than 20% power conversion efficiency, approximately 1.33-volt open-circuit voltage (Voc), and excellent operational stability (less than 5% degradation over 1100 hours of operation under 1.2 sun at 65°C). When further integrated with 1.25–electron volt narrow-bandgap PSC, we obtained a 27.1% efficient, all-perovskite, two-terminal tandem device with a high Voc of 2.2 volts.
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States). Chemistry and Nanoscience Center
- University of Toledo, OH (United States)
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States). Chemistry and Nanoscience Center; University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1907621
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5900-84644
Journal ID: ISSN 0036-8075; MainId:85417;UUID:6921f1c3-31cb-4c94-ac89-a0cf4ac64861;MainAdminID:68343
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308; 00038266; EE0008837
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Science
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 378; Journal Issue: 6626; Journal ID: ISSN 0036-8075
- Publisher:
- AAAS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; perovskite; stability; tandem solar cells; wide bandgap
Citation Formats
Jiang, Qi, Tong, Jinhui, Scheidt, Rebecca A., Wang, Xiaoming, Louks, Amy E., Xian, Yeming, Tirawat, Robert, Palmstrom, Axel F., Hautzinger, Matthew P., Harvey, Steven P., Johnston, Steve, Schelhas, Laura T., Larson, Bryon W., Warren, Emily L., Beard, Matthew C., Berry, Joseph J., Yan, Yanfa, and Zhu, Kai. Compositional texture engineering for highly stable wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1126/science.adf0194.
Jiang, Qi, Tong, Jinhui, Scheidt, Rebecca A., Wang, Xiaoming, Louks, Amy E., Xian, Yeming, Tirawat, Robert, Palmstrom, Axel F., Hautzinger, Matthew P., Harvey, Steven P., Johnston, Steve, Schelhas, Laura T., Larson, Bryon W., Warren, Emily L., Beard, Matthew C., Berry, Joseph J., Yan, Yanfa, & Zhu, Kai. Compositional texture engineering for highly stable wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adf0194
Jiang, Qi, Tong, Jinhui, Scheidt, Rebecca A., Wang, Xiaoming, Louks, Amy E., Xian, Yeming, Tirawat, Robert, Palmstrom, Axel F., Hautzinger, Matthew P., Harvey, Steven P., Johnston, Steve, Schelhas, Laura T., Larson, Bryon W., Warren, Emily L., Beard, Matthew C., Berry, Joseph J., Yan, Yanfa, and Zhu, Kai. Thu .
"Compositional texture engineering for highly stable wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adf0194. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1907621.
@article{osti_1907621,
title = {Compositional texture engineering for highly stable wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells},
author = {Jiang, Qi and Tong, Jinhui and Scheidt, Rebecca A. and Wang, Xiaoming and Louks, Amy E. and Xian, Yeming and Tirawat, Robert and Palmstrom, Axel F. and Hautzinger, Matthew P. and Harvey, Steven P. and Johnston, Steve and Schelhas, Laura T. and Larson, Bryon W. and Warren, Emily L. and Beard, Matthew C. and Berry, Joseph J. and Yan, Yanfa and Zhu, Kai},
abstractNote = {The development of highly stable and efficient wide-bandgap (WBG) perovskite solar cells (PSCs) based on bromine-iodine (Br–I) mixed-halide perovskite (with Br greater than 20%) is critical to create tandem solar cells. However, issues with Br–I phase segregation under solar cell operational conditions (such as light and heat) limit the device voltage and operational stability. This challenge is often exacerbated by the ready defect formation associated with the rapid crystallization of Br-rich perovskite chemistry with antisolvent processes. We combined the rapid Br crystallization with a gentle gas-quench method to prepare highly textured columnar 1.75–electron volt Br–I mixed WBG perovskite films with reduced defect density. Here, with this approach, we obtained 1.75–electron volt WBG PSCs with greater than 20% power conversion efficiency, approximately 1.33-volt open-circuit voltage (Voc), and excellent operational stability (less than 5% degradation over 1100 hours of operation under 1.2 sun at 65°C). When further integrated with 1.25–electron volt narrow-bandgap PSC, we obtained a 27.1% efficient, all-perovskite, two-terminal tandem device with a high Voc of 2.2 volts.},
doi = {10.1126/science.adf0194},
journal = {Science},
number = 6626,
volume = 378,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 22 00:00:00 EST 2022},
month = {Thu Dec 22 00:00:00 EST 2022}
}
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