Solvent engineering for scalable fabrication of perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells in air.

Journal

Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
08 Jun 2024
Historique:
received: 07 01 2024
accepted: 02 06 2024
medline: 9 6 2024
pubmed: 9 6 2024
entrez: 8 6 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells hold great promise for realizing high power conversion efficiency at low cost. However, achieving scalable fabrication of wide-bandgap perovskite (~1.68 eV) in air, without the protective environment of an inert atmosphere, remains challenging due to moisture-induced degradation of perovskite films. Herein, this study reveals that the extent of moisture interference is significantly influenced by the properties of solvent. We further demonstrate that n-Butanol (nBA), with its low polarity and moderate volatilization rate, not only mitigates the detrimental effects of moisture in air during scalable fabrication but also enhances the uniformity of perovskite films. This approach enables us to achieve an impressive efficiency of 29.4% (certified 28.7%) for double-sided textured perovskite/silicon tandem cells featuring large-size pyramids (2-3 μm) and 26.3% over an aperture area of 16 cm

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49351-5 PMID: 38851760
pubmed: 38851760
doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-49351-5
pii: 10.1038/s41467-024-49351-5
doi:

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Journal Article

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eng

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4907

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© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Xuntian Zheng (X)

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.

Wenchi Kong (W)

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China. kongwenchi@nju.edu.cn.

Jin Wen (J)

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.

Jiajia Hong (J)

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.

Haowen Luo (H)

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.

Rui Xia (R)

State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology, Trina Solar, ChangZhou, 210031, China.

Zilong Huang (Z)

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.

Xin Luo (X)

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.

Zhou Liu (Z)

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.

Hongjiang Li (H)

State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology, Trina Solar, ChangZhou, 210031, China.

Hongfei Sun (H)

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.

Yurui Wang (Y)

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.

Chenshuaiyu Liu (C)

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.

Pu Wu (P)

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.

Han Gao (H)

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.

Manya Li (M)

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.

Anh Dinh Bui (AD)

Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, The Australian National University, Canberra, NSW, Australia.

Yi Mo (Y)

State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology, Trina Solar, ChangZhou, 210031, China.

Xueling Zhang (X)

State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology, Trina Solar, ChangZhou, 210031, China.

Guangtao Yang (G)

State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology, Trina Solar, ChangZhou, 210031, China.

Yifeng Chen (Y)

State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology, Trina Solar, ChangZhou, 210031, China.

Zhiqiang Feng (Z)

State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology, Trina Solar, ChangZhou, 210031, China.

Hieu T Nguyen (HT)

Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, The Australian National University, Canberra, NSW, Australia.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1667-1135

Renxing Lin (R)

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.

Ludong Li (L)

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
ORCID: 0000-0002-7023-1985

Jifan Gao (J)

State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology, Trina Solar, ChangZhou, 210031, China. jifan.gao@trinasolar.com.
ORCID: 0009-0002-6819-166X

Hairen Tan (H)

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China. hairentan@nju.edu.cn.
ORCID: 0000-0003-0821-476X

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