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

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  • Tomas Leijtens

    (Stanford University
    Materials Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

  • Kevin A. Bush

    (Stanford University)

  • Rohit Prasanna

    (Stanford University)

  • Michael D. McGehee

    (Stanford University)

Abstract

Metal halide perovskite semiconductors possess excellent optoelectronic properties, allowing them to reach high solar cell performances. They have tunable bandgaps and can be rapidly and cheaply deposited from low-cost precursors, making them ideal candidate materials for tandem solar cells, either by using perovskites as the wide-bandgap top cell paired with low-bandgap silicon or copper indium diselenide bottom cells or by using both wide- and small-bandgap perovskite semiconductors to make all-perovskite tandem solar cells. This Review highlights the unique potential of perovskite tandem solar cells to reach solar-to-electricity conversion efficiencies far above those of single-junction solar cells at low costs. We discuss the recent developments in perovskite-based tandem fabrication, and detail directions for future research to take this technology beyond the proof-of-concept stage.

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  • Tomas Leijtens & Kevin A. Bush & Rohit Prasanna & Michael D. McGehee, 2018. "Opportunities and challenges for tandem solar cells using metal halide perovskite semiconductors," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 3(10), pages 828-838, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natene:v:3:y:2018:i:10:d:10.1038_s41560-018-0190-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41560-018-0190-4
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