Low-bandgap mixed tin-lead iodide perovskite absorbers with long carrier lifetimes for all-perovskite tandem solar cells
Dewei Zhao,Yue Yu,Changlei Wang,Changlei Wang,Wei-Qiang Liao,Wei-Qiang Liao,Niraj Shrestha,Corey R. Grice,Alexander J. Cimaroli,Lei Guan,Randy J. Ellingson,Kai Zhu,Xingzhong Zhao,Ren-Gen Xiong,Yanfa Yan +14 more
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Zhao et al. as mentioned in this paper presented a certified 17% efficient tin and lead perovskite solar cell, which is integrated as the lowbandgap component of a tandem device with 21% efficiency.Abstract:
Tandem solar cells using only metal-halide perovskite sub-cells are an attractive choice for next-generation solar cells. However, the progress in developing efficient all-perovskite tandem solar cells has been hindered by the lack of high-performance low-bandgap perovskite solar cells. Here, we report efficient mixed tin–lead iodide low-bandgap (∼1.25 eV) perovskite solar cells with open-circuit voltages up to 0.85 V and over 70% external quantum efficiencies in the infrared wavelength range of 700–900 nm, delivering a short-circuit current density of over 29 mA cm−2 and demonstrating suitability for bottom-cell applications in all-perovskite tandem solar cells. Our low-bandgap perovskite solar cells achieve a maximum power conversion efficiency of 17.6% and a certified efficiency of 17.01% with a negligible current–voltage hysteresis. When mechanically stacked with a ∼1.58 eV bandgap perovskite top cell, our best all-perovskite 4-terminal tandem solar cell shows a steady-state efficiency of 21.0%. All-perovskite tandem solar cells hold the promise of high efficiencies whilst safeguarding the ease of fabrication intrinsic to perovskites. Here, Zhao et al. present a certified 17% efficient tin and lead perovskite solar cell, which is integrated as the low-bandgap component of a tandem device with 21% efficiency.read more
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