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Suppressing Nonradiative Losses in Wide-Band-Gap Perovskites Affords Efficient and Printable All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells with a Metal-Free Charge Recombination Layer

Xinming Zhou, Hongwei Lai, Ting Huang, Chaoran Chen, Zhenhua Xu, Yuzhao Yang, Shaohang Wu, Xiudi Xiao, Lang Chen, Christoph J. Brabec, Yaohua Mai, Fei Guo

2022ACS Energy Letters48 citationsDOI

Abstract

Although the efficiencies of all-perovskite tandem solar cells have surpassed 26%, further advancement of device performance is constrained by the large photovoltage deficit in wide-band-gap perovskite subcells. Meanwhile, state-of-the-art charge recombination layers incorporate an additional thin metal film (Au or Ag), which not only complexes device fabrication but induces parasitic optical losses. Here, we first fabricate efficient wide-band-gap perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with by suppressing nonradiative losses both in bulk material and at interface. The prepared PSCs with a band gap of 1.71 eV yield an impressive open-circuit voltage (VOC) of 1.27 V, giving a small VOC deficit of 0.44 V and an efficiency of 20.8%. We then fabricate monolithic all-printed perovskite tandem devices by constructing a metal-free recombination layer, which yields an efficiency of 23.65% and a high VOC of 2.05 V. This work offers a simple yet effective charge recombination architecture for advancing the performance of all-perovskite tandem devices.

Topics & Concepts

TandemPerovskite (structure)OptoelectronicsMaterials scienceBand gapFabricationLayer (electronics)Charge carrierNanotechnologyChemistryComposite materialCrystallographyAlternative medicineMedicinePathologyPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsQuantum Dots Synthesis And Properties