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Toward Stable Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Photovoltaics: A Six-Month Outdoor Performance Study in a Hot and Humid Climate

De Bastiani, Michele
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Van Kerschaver, Emmanuel
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Jeangros, Quentin  
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August 13, 2021
Acs Energy Letters

Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells are emerging as a high-efficiency and prospectively cost-effective solar technology with great promise for deployment at the utility scale. However, despite the remarkable performance progress reported lately, assuring sufficient device stability-particularly of the perovskite top cell-remains a challenge on the path to practical impact. In this work, we analyze the outdoor performance of encapsulated bifacial perovskite/silicon tandems, by carrying out field-testing in Saudi Arabia. Over a six month experiment, we find that the open circuit voltage retains its initial value, whereas the fill factor degrades, which is found to have two causes. A first degradation mechanism is linked with ion migration in the perovskite and is largely reversible overnight, though it does induce hysteretic behavior over time. A second, irreversible, mechanism is caused by corrosion of the silver metal top contact with the formation of silver iodide. These findings provide directions for the design of new and more stable perovskite/silicon tandems

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DOI
10.1021/acsenergylett.1c01018
Web of Science ID

WOS:000686077800033

Author(s)
De Bastiani, Michele
Van Kerschaver, Emmanuel
Jeangros, Quentin  
Rehman, Atteq Ur
Aydin, Erkan
Isikgor, Furkan H.
Mirabelli, Alessandro J.
Babics, Maxime
Liu, Jiang
Zhumagali, Shynggys
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Date Issued

2021-08-13

Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC

Published in
Acs Energy Letters
Volume

6

Issue

8

Start page

2944

End page

2951

Subjects

Chemistry, Physical

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Electrochemistry

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Energy & Fuels

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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Chemistry

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Science & Technology - Other Topics

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Materials Science

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solar-cells

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induced degradation

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stability

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light

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migration

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design

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heat

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