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Targeting Ideal Dual-Absorber Tandem Water Splitting Using Perovskite Photovoltaics and CuInxGa1-xSe2 Photocathodes

Luo, Jingshan  
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Li, Zhen
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Nishiwaki, Shiro
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2015
Advanced Energy Materials

Efficient sunlight-driven water splitting devices can be achieved by pairing two absorbers of different optimized bandgaps in an optical tandem design. With tunable absorption ranges and cell voltages, organic-inorganic metal halide perovskite solar cells provide new opportunities for tailoring top absorbers for such devices. In this work, semitransparent perovskite solar cells are developed for use as the top cell in tandem with a smaller bandgap photocathode to enable panchromatic harvesting of the solar spectrum. A new CuInxGa1-xSe2 multilayer photocathode is designed, exhibiting excellent performance for photoelectrochemical water reduction and representing a near-ideal bottom absorber. When pairing it below a semitransparent CH3NH3PbBr3-based solar cell, a solar-to-hydrogen efficiency exceeding 6% is achieved, the highest value yet reported for a photovoltaic-photoelectrochemical device utilizing a single-junction solar cell as the bias source under one sun illumination. The analysis shows that the efficiency can reach more than 20% through further optimization of the perovskite top absorber.

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DOI
10.1002/aenm.201501520
Web of Science ID

WOS:000367218400012

Author(s)
Luo, Jingshan  
Li, Zhen
Nishiwaki, Shiro
Schreier, Marcel  
Mayer, Matthew T.  
Cendula, Peter
Lee, Yong Hui  
Fu, Kunwu
Cao, Anyuan
Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja  
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Date Issued

2015

Publisher

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh

Published in
Advanced Energy Materials
Volume

5

Issue

24

Article Number

1501520

Subjects

dual-absorbers

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CuInxGa1-xSe2 photocathode

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perovskite photovoltaics

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water splitting

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