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Title: Highly Efficient Perovskite-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells Reaching 80% of the Theoretical Limit in Photovoltage

Journal Article · · Advanced Materials
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  1. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
  2. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering. Molecular Engineering and Sciences Inst.
  3. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; City Univ. of Hong Kong (Hong Kong). Dept. of Biology and Chemistry

Organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite multijunction solar cells have immense potential to realize power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) beyond the Shockley–Queisser limit of single-junction solar cells; however, they are limited by large nonideal photovoltage loss (V oc,loss) in small- and large-bandgap subcells. Here, an integrated approach is utilized to improve the V oc of subcells with optimized bandgaps and fabricate perovskite–perovskite tandem solar cells with small V oc,loss. A fullerene variant, Indene-C60 bis-adduct, is used to achieve optimized interfacial contact in a small-bandgap (≈1.2 eV) subcell, which facilitates higher quasi-Fermi level splitting, reduces nonradiative recombination, alleviates hysteresis instabilities, and improves V oc to 0.84 V. Compositional engineering of large-bandgap (≈1.8 eV) perovskite is employed to realize a subcell with a transparent top electrode and photostabilized V oc of 1.22 V. The resultant monolithic perovskite–perovskite tandem solar cell shows a high V oc of 1.98 V (approaching 80% of the theoretical limit) and a stabilized PCE of 18.5%. The significantly minimized nonideal V oc,loss is better than state-of-the-art silicon–perovskite tandem solar cells, which highlights the prospects of using perovskite–perovskite tandems for solar-energy generation. It also unlocks opportunities for solar water splitting using hybrid perovskites with solar-to-hydrogen efficiencies beyond 15%.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office; National Science Foundation (NSF); Office of Naval Research (ONR) (United States); Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development (AOARD) (United States)
Grant/Contract Number:
EE0006710; DMR-1608279; ECC-1542101; N00014-17-1-2260; FA2386-15-1-4106
OSTI ID:
1533046
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1380026
Journal Information:
Advanced Materials, Vol. 29, Issue 34; ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher:
WileyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 231 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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