Combination of Advanced Optical Modelling with Electrical Simulation for Performance Evaluation of Practical 4-terminal Perovskite/c-Si Tandem Modules

Zhang, Dong; Verhees, Wiljan; Dörenkämper, Maarten; Qiu, Weiming; Bakker, Klaas; Gutjahr, A.; Veenstra, Sjoerd; Gehlhaar, Robert; Paetzold, Ulrich W.; Soppe, W.J.; Romijn, I.G.; Geerligs, L.J.; Aernouts, Tom; Weeber, Arthur

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2016.07.039

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“…Optical Simulations and Device Characterization : Optical simulations were carried out using the MATLAB‐based 1−D program GenPro4 developed at TU Delft, which is based on an extended net radiation method . Optical parameters of all materials were experimentally determined from single layers using different methods or taken from literature as described in refs.…”

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Infrared Light Management Using a Nanocrystalline Silicon Oxide Interlayer in Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Heterojunction Tandem Solar Cells with Efficiency above 25%

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Kirner

et al. 2019

Advanced Energy Materials

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Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells are attractive for their potential for boosting cell efficiency beyond the crystalline silicon (Si) single‐junction limit. However, the relatively large optical refractive index of Si, in comparison to that of transparent conducting oxides and perovskite absorber layers, results in significant reflection losses at the internal junction between the cells in monolithic (two‐terminal) devices. Therefore, light management is crucial to improve photocurrent absorption in the Si bottom cell. Here it is shown that the infrared reflection losses in tandem cells processed on a flat silicon substrate can be significantly reduced by using an optical interlayer consisting of nanocrystalline silicon oxide. It is demonstrated that 110 nm thick interlayers with a refractive index of 2.6 (at 800 nm) result in 1.4 mA cm−² current gain in the silicon bottom cell. Under AM1.5G irradiation, the champion 1 cm2 perovskite/silicon monolithic tandem cell exhibits a top cell + bottom cell total current density of 38.7 mA cm−2 and a certified stabilized power conversion efficiency of 25.2%.

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Infrared Light Management Using a Nanocrystalline Silicon Oxide Interlayer in Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Heterojunction Tandem Solar Cells with Efficiency above 25%

Mazzarella

Lin

Kirner

et al. 2019

Advanced Energy Materials

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“…In order to develop some general figures of merit (FOMs) to quantify the quality of a given top cell, we have taken data of semitransparent perovskite solar cells ,− or modules , and combined them with a range of silicon solar cells ,,,,− from the literature. Upon thorough literature inspection, we only selected references where the top cell transmittance and silicon cell EQE were provided over the relevant range.…”

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Performance Evaluation of Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cells for Application in Four-Terminal Tandem Cells

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The efficiency of perovskite-based tandem solar cells and the respective efficiency gain over the single-junction operation of the bottom cell strongly depend on the performance of the component cells. Thus, a fair comparison of reported top cells is difficult. We therefore compute the tandem cell efficiency for the combination of several semitransparent perovskite top solar cells and crystalline silicon or chalcopyrite bottom cells from the literature. We focus on four-terminal configurations but also estimate and discuss the differences between four-and two-terminal configurations. For each top cell, we thereby determine the tandem cell performance as a function of the bottom cell efficiency, which results in a linear relationship. From these data, we extract two parameters to quantify the suitability of the top cell: (i) the slope of the tandem vs. bottom cell efficiency, which is the effective transparency of the top cell, and (ii) the tandem cell efficiency for a targeted bottom cell. These two figures of merit were calculated for a representative set of bottom cells and may serve for comparison of semitransparent perovskite top cells in the future.

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“…Tandem solar cells also open up broad diversity of photovoltaic applications. [14][15][16] Nonetheless, the third-generation solar cells, especially PSCs, have exhibited significant advantages as they offer simple device fabrication techniques, various choices of synthesized material and are cost-effective for commercial-scale production. [17][18][19][20] Among the devices, the hybrid PSCs is considered the rising star in the photovoltaic industry as it showed a significant increment of power conversion efficiency (PCE) in less than a decade.…”

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“…With such aspirations, researchers are inventing more assuring materials that are available abundantly and environmentally friendly. Tandem solar cells also open up broad diversity of photovoltaic applications 14‐16 . Nonetheless, the third‐generation solar cells, especially PSCs, have exhibited significant advantages as they offer simple device fabrication techniques, various choices of synthesized material and are cost‐effective for commercial‐scale production 17‐20 .…”

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Recent progress of graphene‐based materials for efficient charge transfer and device performance stability in perovskite solar cells

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Summary The relevance of graphene‐based materials throughout the niche area of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is indeed the main focus of this review. Specific properties of two types of solar cell materials, namely hybrid perovskites and graphene‐based materials are at the core of significant breakthroughs in a wide range of applications. The specific features of graphene‐based materials, along with their unique properties, have been utilized mainly in the development of photovoltaic devices. PSCs are known to have promising device performance and surpass other third‐generation solar cells, including organic photovoltaics, quantum dot solar cells, and dye‐sensitized solar cells. However, PSCs address several limitations in the device mechanism and material stability. PSCs performance tends to deplete over time due to several factors such as the degradation of materials used in the device caused by exposure of thermal and moisture, as well as an undesired chemical reaction in the interfaces. Several experimental studies, especially on the integration of carbon materials, including the graphene, have been extensively explored. The integration of graphene‐based materials is one of the potential methods for altering and modifying components in PSCs, including perovskite structure and charges transport layers. Therefore, this review gives an overview of recent progress in the development of PSCs with the integration of graphene‐based materials. The emphasis will be on the influence brought by graphene‐based materials on the charge transport mechanism at the interfaces and perovskite morphology toward the improvement of photovoltaic performance and stability.

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Combination of Advanced Optical Modelling with Electrical Simulation for Performance Evaluation of Practical 4-terminal Perovskite/c-Si Tandem Modules

Cited by 15 publications

References 21 publications

Infrared Light Management Using a Nanocrystalline Silicon Oxide Interlayer in Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Heterojunction Tandem Solar Cells with Efficiency above 25%

Infrared Light Management Using a Nanocrystalline Silicon Oxide Interlayer in Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Heterojunction Tandem Solar Cells with Efficiency above 25%

Performance Evaluation of Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cells for Application in Four-Terminal Tandem Cells

Recent progress of graphene‐based materials for efficient charge transfer and device performance stability in perovskite solar cells

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