Suppressed recombination for monolithic inorganic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with an approximate efficiency of 23%

Wang Sanlong; Wang Pengyang; Chen Bingbing; Li Renjie; Ren Ningyu; Li Yucheng; Shi Biao; Huang Qian; Zhao Ying; Grätzel Michael; Zhang Xiaodan

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Wang Sanlong, Wang Pengyang, Chen Bingbing, Li Renjie, Ren Ningyu, Li Yucheng, Shi Biao, Huang Qian, Zhao Ying, Grätzel Michael, Zhang Xiaodan. Suppressed recombination for monolithic inorganic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with an approximate efficiency of 23%[J]. eScience, 2022, 2(3): 339-346. doi: 10.1016/j.esci.2022.04.001

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Wang Sanlong, Wang Pengyang, Chen Bingbing, Li Renjie, Ren Ningyu, Li Yucheng, Shi Biao, Huang Qian, Zhao Ying, Grätzel Michael, Zhang Xiaodan. Suppressed recombination for monolithic inorganic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with an approximate efficiency of 23%[J]. eScience, 2022, 2(3): 339-346. doi: 10.1016/j.esci.2022.04.001

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Wang Sanlong, Wang Pengyang, Chen Bingbing, Li Renjie, Ren Ningyu, Li Yucheng, Shi Biao, Huang Qian, Zhao Ying, Grätzel Michael, Zhang Xiaodan. Suppressed recombination for monolithic inorganic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with an approximate efficiency of 23%[J]. eScience, 2022, 2(3): 339-346. doi: 10.1016/j.esci.2022.04.001

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Suppressed recombination for monolithic inorganic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with an approximate efficiency of 23%

doi: 10.1016/j.esci.2022.04.001

Wang Sanlong^{a, b, c, d, e, 1},
Wang Pengyang^{a, b, c, d, e, 1},
Chen Bingbing^{a, b, c, d, e},
Li Renjie^{a, b, c, d, e},
Ren Ningyu^{a, b, c, d, e},
Li Yucheng^{a, b, c, d, e},
Shi Biao^{a, b, c, d, e},
Huang Qian^{a, b, c, d, e},
Zhao Ying^{a, b, c, d, e},
Grätzel Michael^{a, f},
Zhang Xiaodan^{a, b, c, d, e
,
,}

a.
Institute of Photoelectronic Thin Film Devices and Technology, Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, Solar Energy Conversion Center, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, PR China
b.
Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic Thin Film Devices and Technology of Tianjin, Tianjin, 300350, PR China
c.
Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin, 300192, PR China
d.
Engineering Research Center of Thin Film Photoelectronic Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin, 300350, PR China
e.
Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, 300072, PR China
f.
Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland

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Corresponding author: E-mail address: xdzhang@nankai.edu.cn (X. Zhang)
Received Date: 2021-12-02
Revised Date: 2022-02-09
Accepted Date: 2022-04-01

Available Online: 2022-04-19

Abstract

Abstract

Potentially temperature-resistant inorganic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells (TSCs) are promising devices for boosting efficiency past the single-junction silicon limit. However, undesirable non-radiative recombination generally leads to a significant voltage deficit. Here, we introduce an effective strategy using nickel iodide, an inorganic halide salt, to passivate iodine vacancies and suppress non-radiative recombination. NiI₂-treated CsPbI_3-xBr_x inorganic perovskite solar cells with a 1.80 eV bandgap exhibited an efficiency of 19.53% and a voltage of 1.36 V, corresponding to a voltage deficit of 0.44 V. Importantly, the treated device demonstrated excellent operational stability, maintaining 95.7% of its initial efficiency after maximum power point tracking for 300 h under continuous illumination in a N₂ atmosphere. By combining this inorganic perovskite top cell with a narrower bandgap silicon bottom cell, we for the first time achieved monolithic inorganic perovskite/silicon TSCs, which exhibited an efficiency of 22.95% with an open-circuit voltage of 2.04 V. This work provides a promising strategy for using inorganic passivation materials to achieve efficient and stable solar cells.

● An excellent efficiency of 19.53% (1.36 V) was achieved for CsPbI_xBr_3-x inorganic perovskite solar cells.
● A monolithic CsPbI_xBr_3-x/silicon tandem solar cell was demonstrated for the first time.
● The NiI₂-treated IPSCs maintained 95.7% of its initial efficiency after 300 h of continuous illumination.
● An inorganic nickel iodide for surface passivation was developed.
¹ S.L. Wang and P.Y. Wang contributed equally to this work.

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