Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells: From Detailed Balance Limit Calculations to Photon Management

Mohammad I. Hossain; Wayesh Qarony; Sainan Ma; Longhui Zeng; Dietmar Knipp; Yuen Hong Tsang

doi:10.1007/s40820-019-0287-8

Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells: From Detailed Balance Limit Calculations to Photon Management

Mohammad I. Hossain, Wayesh Qarony, Sainan Ma, Longhui Zeng, Dietmar Knipp, Yuen Hong Tsang

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Abstract

Energy conversion efficiency losses and limits of perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells are investigated by detailed balance calculations and photon management. An extended Shockley–Queisser model is used to identify fundamental loss mechanisms and link the losses to the optics of solar cells. Photon management is used to minimize losses and maximize the energy conversion efficiency. The influence of photon management on the solar cell parameters of a perovskite single-junction solar cell and a perovskite/silicon solar cell is discussed in greater details. An optimized solar cell design of a perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell is presented, which allows for the realization of solar cells with energy conversion efficiencies exceeding 32%.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].

Original language	English
Article number	58
Journal	Nano-Micro Letters
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-019-0287-8
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2019

Keywords

Detailed balance limit
Perovskite solar cell
Photon management
Tandem solar cell
Thermodynamic

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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