High performance tandem perovskite-silicon solar cells with very large bandgap photoelectrodes
https://doi.org/10.17586/2220-8054-2021-12-2-246-251
Abstract
Nanostructured layers of metal oxides with very large bandgaps (Eg > 5 eV), such as ZrO2 and HfO2, were used as photoelectrodes in semitransparent perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with the device architecture of glass/FTO/c-TiO2/ZrO2 (or HfO2)/CH3NH3PbI3/PTAA/PEDOT:PSS/FTO/glass. The obtained PSCs were used as top elements for manufacturing high-performance four-terminal tandem perovskite-silicon solar cells. The comparative analysis of photovoltaic parameters measured for PSCs, crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells and tandem PSC/c-Si solar cells demonstrated that the application of very large-bandgap materials allows to improve the PSC performance and to increase the efficiency of tandem PSC/c-Si solar cell up to ~24% in comparison with a standalone c-Si solar cell.
Supporting agencies: This work is supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research according to the research project No19-08- 01042
About the Authors
A. B. Nikolskaia
Institute of Biochemical Physics RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Department of Solar Photovoltaics
Kosygin St. 4, Moscow, 119334
M. F. Vildanova
Institute of Biochemical Physics RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Department of Solar Photovoltaics
Kosygin St. 4, Moscow, 119334
S. S. Kozlov
Institute of Biochemical Physics RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Department of Solar Photovoltaics
Kosygin St. 4, Moscow, 119334
O. V. Almjasheva
Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Saint-Petersburg, Professora Popova St., 5, Saint Petersburg, 19737
V. V. Gusarov
Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI”;
Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Saint-Petersburg, Professora Popova St., 5, Saint Petersburg, 197376,
Politekhnicheskaya St., 26, Saint Petersburg, 194021
O. I. Shevaleevskiy
Institute of Biochemical Physics RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Department of Solar Photovoltaics
Kosygin St. 4, Moscow, 119334
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Nikolskaia A.B., Vildanova M.F., Kozlov S.S., Almjasheva O.V., Gusarov V.V., Shevaleevskiy O.I. High performance tandem perovskite-silicon solar cells with very large bandgap photoelectrodes. Nanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics. 2021;12(2):246-251. https://doi.org/10.17586/2220-8054-2021-12-2-246-251
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