journal article·2024-01

Scalable Solution‐Processed Hybrid Electron Transport Layers for Efficient All‐Perovskite Tandem Solar Modules

Hongfei Sun, Ke Xiao, Han Gao, Chenyang Duan, Siyang Zhao, Jin Wen, Yurui Wang, Renxing Lin, Xuntian Zheng, Haowen Luo, Chenshuaiyu Liu, Pu Wu, Wenchi Kong, Zhou Liu, Ludong Li, Hairen Tan

Advanced Materials· Volume 36· Issue 2
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Abstract

Abstract All‐perovskite tandem solar cells offer the potential to surpass the Shockley–Queisser (SQ) limit efficiency of single‐junction solar cells while maintaining the advantages of low‐cost and high‐productivity solution processing. However, scalable solution processing of electron transport layer (ETL) in p‐i‐n structured perovskite solar subcells remains challenging due to the rough perovskite film surface and energy level mismatch between ETL and perovskites. Here, scalable solution processing of hybrid fullerenes (HF) with blade‐coating on both wide‐bandgap (≈1.80 eV) and narrow‐bandgap (≈1.25 eV) perovskite films in all‐perovskite tandem solar modules is developed. The HF, comprising a mixture of fullerene (C60), phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester, and indene‐C60 bisadduct, exhibits improved conductivity, superior energy level alignment with both wide‐ and narrow‐bandgap perovskites, and reduced interfacial nonradiative recombination when compared to the conventional thermal‐evaporated C60. With scalable solution‐processed HF as the ETLs, the all‐perovskite tandem solar modules achieve a champion power conversion efficiency of 23.3% (aperture area = 20.25 cm2). This study paves the way to all‐solution processing of low‐cost and high‐efficiency all‐perovskite tandem solar modules in the future.
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OpenAlex topics: Perovskite Materials and Applications · Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics · Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films

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Affiliations

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling Nanjing University Nanjing 210023 China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province · Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities · Postdoctoral Research Foundation of China · National Key Research and Development Program of China Stem Cell and Translational Research

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