Current-matching in two-terminal perovskite/silicon tandems employing wide-bandgap perovskites and varying light-management schemes

Salman Manzoor; Jakob Häusele; Kevin A. Bush; Zhengshan Yu; Michael D. McGehee; Zachary Holman

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547757

Current-matching in two-terminal perovskite/silicon tandems employing wide-bandgap perovskites and varying light-management schemes

Salman Manzoor, Jakob Häusele, Kevin A. Bush, Zhengshan Yu, Michael D. McGehee, Zachary Holman

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Abstract

Perovskite/silicon tandems have the potential to surpass the efficiencies possible with single-junction silicon solar cells. Recently, perovskites with wide bandgaps have been demonstrated that can reduce the thermalization losses and make it feasible to boost the efficiency. However, perovskite/silicon tandems on planar silicon cells are multi-layered devices that exhibit strong interference which makes current matching difficult to achieve in two-terminal devices. We perform comprehensive optical modeling of perovskite/silicon tandems with a range of different bandgap perovskites and textures to determine the top-cell thicknesses necessary to achieve current matching for varying top-cell bandgap. Our results show it is possible to achieve 27% efficiency with 1.67 eV bandgap perovskite, and even higher efficiency is possible by minimizing parasitic losses.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	220-223
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538685297
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547757
State	Published - Nov 26 2018
Event	7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - Waikoloa Village, United States Duration: Jun 10 2018 → Jun 15 2018

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Other	7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Waikoloa Village
Period	6/10/18 → 6/15/18

Keywords

monolithic tandem solar cells
perovskite
ray-tracing
silicon solar cells
thin-film optics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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Manzoor, S., Häusele, J., Bush, K. A., Yu, Z., McGehee, M. D., & Holman, Z. (2018). Current-matching in two-terminal perovskite/silicon tandems employing wide-bandgap perovskites and varying light-management schemes. In 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC (pp. 220-223). [8547757] Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547757

Current-matching in two-terminal perovskite/silicon tandems employing wide-bandgap perovskites and varying light-management schemes. / Manzoor, Salman; Häusele, Jakob; Bush, Kevin A. et al.
2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. p. 220-223 8547757.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Manzoor, S, Häusele, J, Bush, KA, Yu, Z, McGehee, MD & Holman, Z 2018, Current-matching in two-terminal perovskite/silicon tandems employing wide-bandgap perovskites and varying light-management schemes. in 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC., 8547757, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 220-223, 7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018, Waikoloa Village, United States, 6/10/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547757

Manzoor S, Häusele J, Bush KA, Yu Z, McGehee MD, Holman Z. Current-matching in two-terminal perovskite/silicon tandems employing wide-bandgap perovskites and varying light-management schemes. In 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2018. p. 220-223. 8547757 doi: 10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547757

Manzoor, Salman ; Häusele, Jakob ; Bush, Kevin A. et al. / Current-matching in two-terminal perovskite/silicon tandems employing wide-bandgap perovskites and varying light-management schemes. 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. pp. 220-223

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