Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8953303 | Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells | 2018 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The perovskite/c-Si tandem technology is considered as a cost-effective approach to realize a cell efficiency beyond the limit of single-junction (SJ) c-Si cells. Compared to its counterpart of 2-terminal (2T) configuration, 4-terminal (4T) tandem has the advantages such as no constraint of current matching and potentially simple mechanical stacking. But one of the largest challenges is the limited near-infrared (NIR) transmission of the semi-transparent perovskite solar cell (ST-PSC), which has been a bottleneck to the c-Si bottom cell performance and eventually the whole tandem cell performance. The highest NIR transmittance that has been reported is about 84%. In this contribution, we demonstrate a p-i-n planar ST-PSC with an efficiency as high as 15.7% and with a record NIR transmittance of about 92%. It is realized by optimization of the tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) material properties and light management. This NIR-transparent and high-efficiency ST-PSC leads to a 4T tandem cell efficiency of 25.7%, using an interdigitated-back-contact (IBC) c-Si bottom cell.
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Authors
Dong Zhang, Mehrdad Najafi, Valerio Zardetto, Maarten Dörenkämper, Xuedong Zhou, Sjoerd Veenstra, L.J. Geerligs, Tom Aernouts, Ronn Andriessen,