Opportunities and challenges for tandem solar cells using metal halide perovskite semiconductors

T Leijtens, KA Bush, R Prasanna, MD McGehee - Nature Energy, 2018 - nature.com
Metal halide perovskite semiconductors possess excellent optoelectronic properties,
allowing them to reach high solar cell performances. They have tunable bandgaps and can …

Photon management to reduce energy loss in perovskite solar cells

C Chen, S Zheng, H Song - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite the rapid development of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) over the past few years, the
conversion of solar energy into electricity is not efficient enough or cost-competitive yet. The …

Band gap tuning via lattice contraction and octahedral tilting in perovskite materials for photovoltaics

R Prasanna, A Gold-Parker, T Leijtens… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Tin and lead iodide perovskite semiconductors of the composition AMX3, where M is a metal
and X is a halide, are leading candidates for high efficiency low cost tandem photovoltaics …

Blade-coated perovskites on textured silicon for 26%-efficient monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells

B Chen, JY Zhengshan, S Manzoor, S Wang… - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
Integrating perovskites onto textured silicon provides a pathway to 30% tandem solar cells.
However, deposition of 0.5–1 μm thick perovskite layers from solution onto textured silicon …

Textured interfaces in monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells: advanced light management for improved efficiency and energy yield

M Jošt, E Köhnen, AB Morales-Vilches… - Energy & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Efficient light management in monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells is one of the
prerequisites for achieving high power conversion efficiencies (PCEs). Textured silicon …

[HTML][HTML] Review on perovskite silicon tandem solar cells: Status and prospects 2T, 3T and 4T for real world conditions

S Akhil, S Akash, A Pasha, B Kulkarni, M Jalalah… - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Successful integration of perovskite cell with silicon cell to form a tandem solar device has
shown tremendous potential for outperforming the state-of-the-art single junction silicon …

Modular deformable steam electricity cogeneration system with photothermal, water, and electrochemical tunable multilayers

FL Meng, M Gao, T Ding, G Yilmaz… - Advanced functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Capturing solar energy for thermal conversion in a highly efficient manner for steam‐
electricity cogeneration is particularly opportune in the context of optimal solar energy …

Minimizing current and voltage losses to reach 25% efficient monolithic two-terminal perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells

KA Bush, S Manzoor, K Frohna, ZJ Yu… - ACS Energy …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The rapid rise in efficiency and tunable bandgap of metal-halide perovskites makes them
highly attractive for use in tandems on silicon. Recently we demonstrated a perovskite …

Controlling thin-film stress and wrinkling during perovskite film formation

KA Bush, N Rolston, A Gold-Parker, S Manzoor… - ACS Energy …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Significant effort has focused on controlling the deposition of perovskite films to enable
uniform films, enabling efficiencies to climb dramatically. However, little attention has been …

[HTML][HTML] Review on two-terminal and four-terminal crystalline-silicon/perovskite tandem solar cells; progress, challenges, and future perspectives

E Raza, Z Ahmad - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Silicon (Si) solar cells are the dominant and well-developed solar technology holding more
than 95% share of the photovoltaic market with efficiencies over 26%. Still, this value is far …