Perovskite solar cell

A perovskite solar cell (PSC[1]) is a type of solar cell which includes a perovskite structured compound, most commonly a hybrid organic-inorganic lead or tin halide-based material, as the light-harvesting active layer.[2][3] Perovskite materials, such as methylammonium lead halides and all-inorganic cesium lead halide, are cheap to produce and simple to manufacture.

Solar cell efficiencies of devices using these materials have increased from 3.8% in 2009[4] to 25.2% in 2020 in single-junction architectures,[5] and, in silicon-based tandem cells, to 29.1%,[5] exceeding the maximum efficiency achieved in single-junction silicon solar cells. Perovskite solar cells are therefore currently the fastest-advancing solar technology.[2] With the potential of achieving even higher efficiencies and very low production costs, perovskite solar cells have become commercially attractive.

Advantages

Metal halide perovskites possess unique features that make them useful for solar cell applications. The raw materials used, and the possible fabrication methods (such as various printing techniques) are both low cost.[6] Their high absorption coefficient enables ultrathin films of around 500 nm to absorb the complete visible solar spectrum.[7] These features combined result in the possibility to create low cost, high efficiency, thin, lightweight and flexible solar modules. Perovskite solar cells have found use in powering low-power wireless electronics for the ambient powered internet of things applications [8]

Materials

Crystal structure of CH₃NH₃PbX₃ perovskites (X=I, Br and/or Cl). The methylammonium cation (CH₃NH₃⁺) is surrounded by PbX₆ octahedra.[9]

The name 'perovskite solar cell' is derived from the ABX₃ crystal structure of the absorber materials, which is referred to as perovskite structure and where A and B are cations and X is an anion. A cations with radii between 1.60 Å and 2.50 Å were found to form perovskite structures [10]. The most commonly studied perovskite absorber is methylammonium lead trihalide (CH₃NH₃PbX₃, where X is a halogen ion such as iodide, bromide or chloride), with an optical bandgap between ~1.55 and 2.3 eV depending on halide content. Formamidinium lead trihalide (H₂NCHNH₂PbX₃) has also shown promise, with bandgaps between 1.48 and 2.2 eV. The minimum bandgap is closer to the optimal for a single-junction cell than methylammonium lead trihalide, so it should be capable of higher efficiencies.[11] The first use of perovskite in a solid state solar cell was in a dye-sensitized cell using CsSnI₃ as a p-type hole transport layer and absorber.[12] A common concern is the inclusion of lead as a component of the perovskite materials; solar cells based on tin-based perovskite absorbers such as CH₃NH₃SnI₃ have also been reported with lower power-conversion efficiencies.[13][14][15][16]

Shockley-Queisser Limit

Solar cell efficiency is limited by the Shockley-Queisser limit. This calculated limit sets the maximum theoretical efficiency of a solar cell using a single junction with no other loss aside from radiative recombination in the solar cell. Based on the AM1.5G global solar spectra, the maximum power conversion efficiency is correlated to a respective bandgap, forming a parabolic relationship.

This limit is described by the equation

${\displaystyle n=t_{s}\times u(x_{c})\times v(f,x_{g},x_{c})\times m(vx_{g}/x_{c})}$

Where

${\displaystyle x_{g}=v_{g}/v_{s}\$ ;\ x_{c}=v_{c}/v_{s}}

And u Is the ultimate efficiency factor, v is the ration of open circuit voltage to band-gap voltage, and m is the impedance matching factor. And V_c is the thermal voltage.

The most efficient bandgap is found to be at 1.34 eV, with a maximum power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 33.7%. Reaching this ideal bandgap energy can be difficult, but utilizing tunable perovskite solar cells allows for the flexibility to match this value. Further experimenting with multijunction solar cells allow for the Shockley-Queisser limit to be surpassed, expanding to allow photons of a broader wavelength range to be absorbed and converted.

The actual band gap for formamidinium (FA) lead trihalide can be tuned as low as 1.48 eV, which is closer to the ideal bandgap energy of 1.34 eV for maximum power-conversion efficiency single junction solar cells, predicted by the Shockley Queisser Limit. More recently, the 1.3 eV bandgap energy has been successfully achieved with the (FAPbI₃)_1−x(CsSnI₃)_x hybrid cell, which has a tunable bandgap energy (E_g) from 1.24 – 1.41 eV[17]

Multi-Junction Solar Cells

Multi-junction solar cells, are capable of a higher power conversion efficiency (PCE), increasing the threshold beyond the thermodynamic maximum set by the Shockley–Queissier limit for single junction cells By having multiple bandgaps in a single cell, it prevents the loss of photons above or below the band gap energy of a single junction solar cell.[18] In tandem (double) junction solar cells, PCE of 31.1% has been recorded, increasing to 37.9% for triple junction and an impressive 38.8% for quadruple junction solar cells. However, the metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) process needed to synthesize lattice-matched and crystalline solar cells with more than one junction is very expensive, making it a less than ideal candidate for widespread use.

Perovskite semiconductors offer an option that has the potential to rival the efficiency of multijunction solar cells, but can be synthesized under more common conditions at a greatly reduced cost. Rivaling the double, triple, and quadruple junction solar cells mentioned above, are all-perovskite tandem cells with a max PCE of 31.9%, all-perovskite triple-junction cell reaching 33.1%, and the perovskite-Si triple-junction cell, reaching an efficiency of 35.3%. These multijunction perovskite solar cells, in addition to being available for cost-effective synthesis, also maintain high PCE under varying weather extremes – making them utilizable worldwide.[19]

Chiral Ligands

Utilizing organic chiral ligands shows promise for increasing the maximum power conversion efficiency for halide perovskite solar cells, when utlilized correctly. Chirality can be produced in inorganic semiconductors by enantiomeric distortions near the surface of the lattice, electronic coupling between the substrate and a chiral ligand, assembly into a chiral secondary structure, or chiral surface defects. By attaching a chiral phenylethylamine ligand to an achiral lead bromide perovskite nanoplatelet, a chiral inorganic-organic perovskite is formed. Inspection of the inorganic-organic perovskite via Circular Dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, reveals two regions. One represents the charge transfer between the ligand and the nanoplatelet (300-350 nm), and the other represents the excitonic absorption maximum of the perovskite. Evidence of charge transfer in these systems shows promise for increasing power conversion efficiency in perovskite solar cells.[20]

Other Research and Developments

In another recent development, solar cells based on transition metal oxide perovskites and heterostructures thereof such as LaVO₃/SrTiO₃ are studied.[21][22]

Rice University scientists have discovered a novel phenomenon of light-induced lattice expansion in perovskite materials.[23]

In order to overcome the instability issues with lead-based organic perovskite materials in ambient air and reduce the use of lead, perovskite derivatives, such as Cs₂SnI₆ double perovskite, have also been investigated.[24]

Processing

Perovskite solar cells hold an advantage over traditional silicon solar cells in the simplicity of their processing and their tolerance to internal defects.[25] Traditional silicon cells require expensive, multi-step processes, conducted at high temperatures (>1000 °C) under high vacuum in special cleanroom facilities.[26] Meanwhile, the hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite material can be manufactured with simpler wet chemistry techniques in a traditional lab environment. Most notably, methylammonium and formamidinium lead trihalides, also known as hybrid perovskites, have been created using a variety of solution deposition techniques, such as spin coating, slot-die coating, blade coating, spray coating, inkjet printing, screen printing, electrodeposition, and vapor deposition techniques, all of which have the potential to be scaled up with relative ease except spin coating.[27][28][29][30]

Deposition methods

The solution-based processing method can be classified into one-step solution deposition and two-step solution deposition. In one-step deposition, a perovskite precursor solution that is prepared by mixing lead halide and organic halide together, is directly deposited through various coating methods, such as spin coating, spraying, blade coating, and slot-die coating, to form perovskite film. One-step deposition is simple, fast, and inexpensive but it’s also more challenging to control the perovskite film uniformity and quality. In the two-step deposition, the lead halide film is first deposited then reacts with organic halide to form perovskite film. The reaction takes time to complete but it can be facilitated by adding Lewis-bases or partial organic halide into lead halide precursors. In two-step deposition method, the volume expansion during the conversion of lead halide to perovskite can fill any pinholes to realize a better film quality. The vapor phase deposition processes can be categorized into physical vapor deposition (PVD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD). PVD refers to the evaporation of a perovskite or its precursor to form a thin perovskite film on the substrate, which is free of solvent. While CVD involves the reaction of organic halide vapor with the lead halide thin film to convert it into the perovskite film. A solution-based CVD, aerosol-assisted CVD (AACVD) was also introduced to fabricate halide perovskite films, such as CH₃NH₃PbI₃,[31] CH₃NH₃PbBr₃,[32] and Cs₂SnI₆.[33]

One-step solution deposition vs two-step solution deposition

One-step solution deposition

In one-step solution processing, a lead halide and a methylammonium halide can be dissolved in a solvent and spin coated onto a substrate. Subsequent evaporation and convective self-assembly during spinning results in dense layers of well crystallized perovskite material, due to the strong ionic interactions within the material (The organic component also contributes to a lower crystallization temperature). However, simple spin-coating does not yield homogenous layers, instead requiring the addition of other chemicals such as GBL, DMSO, and toluene drips.[34] Simple solution processing results in the presence of voids, platelets, and other defects in the layer, which would hinder the efficiency of a solar cell.

Another technique using room temperature solvent-solvent extraction produces high-quality crystalline films with precise control over thickness down to 20 nanometers across areas several centimeters square without generating pinholes. In this method "perovskite precursors are dissolved in a solvent called NMP and coated onto a substrate. Then, instead of heating, the substrate is bathed in diethyl ether, a second solvent that selectively grabs the NMP solvent and whisks it away. What's left is an ultra-smooth film of perovskite crystals."[35]

In another solution processed method, the mixture of lead iodide and methylammonium halide dissolved in DMF is preheated. Then the mixture is spin coated on a substrate maintained at higher temperature. This method produces uniform films of up to 1 mm grain size.[36]

Pb halide perovskites can be fabricated from a PbI₂ precursor,[37] or non-PbI₂ precursors, such as PbCl₂, Pb(Ac)₂, and Pb(SCN)₂, giving films different properties.[38]

Two-step solution deposition

In 2015, a new approach[39] for forming the PbI₂ nanostructure and the use of high CH₃NH₃I concentration have been adopted to form high quality (large crystal size and smooth) perovskite film with better photovoltaic performances. On one hand, self-assembled porous PbI₂ is formed by incorporating small amounts of rationally chosen additives into the PbI₂ precursor solutions, which significantly facilitate the conversion of perovskite without any PbI₂ residue. On the other hand, through employing a relatively high CH₃NH₃I concentration, a firmly crystallized and uniform CH₃NH₃PbI₃ film is formed. Furthermore, this is an inexpensive approach.

Vapor deposition

In vapor assisted techniques, spin coated or exfoliated lead halide is annealed in the presence of methylammonium iodide vapor at a temperature of around 150 °C.[40] This technique holds an advantage over solution processing, as it opens up the possibility for multi-stacked thin films over larger areas.[41] This could be applicable for the production of multi-junction cells. Additionally, vapor deposited techniques result in less thickness variation than simple solution processed layers. However, both techniques can result in planar thin film layers or for use in mesoscopic designs, such as coatings on a metal oxide scaffold. Such a design is common for current perovskite or dye-sensitized solar cells.

Scalability

Scalability includes not only scaling up the perovskite absorber layer, but also scaling up charge-transport layers and electrode. Both solution and vapor processes hold promise in terms of scalability. Process cost and complexity is significantly less than that of silicon solar cells. Vapor deposition or vapor assisted techniques reduce the need for use of further solvents, which reduces the risk of solvent remnants. Solution processing is cheaper. Current issues with perovskite solar cells revolve around stability, as the material is observed to degrade in standard environmental conditions, suffering drops in efficiency (See also Stability).

In 2014, Olga Malinkiewicz presented her inkjet printing manufacturing process for perovskite sheets in Boston (US) during the MRS fall meeting – for which she received MIT Technology review's innovators under 35 award.[42] The University of Toronto also claims to have developed a low-cost Inkjet solar cell in which the perovskite raw materials are blended into a Nanosolar ‘ink’ which can be applied by an inkjet printer onto glass, plastic or other substrate materials.[43]

Scaling up the absorber layer

In order to scale up the perovskite layer while maintaining high efficiency, various techniques have been developed to coat the perovskite film more uniformly. For example, some physical approaches are developed to promote supersaturation through rapid solvent removal, thus getting more nucleations and reducing grain growth time and solute migration. Heating,[44] gas flow,[45] vacuum,[46] and anti-solvent[34] can all assist solvent removal. And chemical additives, such as chloride additives,[47] Lewis base additives,[48] surfacant additive,[49] and surface modification,[50] can influence the crystal growth to control the film mophology. For example, a recent report of surfacant additive, such as L-α-phosphatidylcholine (LP), demonstrated the suppression of solution flow by surfactants to eliminate gaps between islands and meanwhile the surface wetting improvement of perovskite ink on the hydrophobic substrate to ensure a full coverage. Besides, LP can also passivate charge traps to further enhance the device performance, which can be used in blade coating to get a high-throughput of PSCs with minimal efficiency loss.[49]

Scaling up the charge-transport layer

Scaling up the charge-transport layer is also necessary for the scalability of PSCs. Common electron transport layer (ETL) in n-i-p PSCs are TiO₂, SnO₂ and ZnO. Currently, to make TiO₂ layer deposition be compatiable with flexible polymer substrate, low-temperature techniques, such as atomic layer deposition,[51] molecular layer deposition,[52] hydrothermal reaction,[53] and electrodeposition,[54] are developed to deposit compact TiO₂ layer in large area. Same methods also apply to SnO₂ deposition. As for hole transport layer (HTL), instead of commonly used PEDOT:PSS, NiO_x is used as an alternative due to the water absorption of PEDOT, which can be deposited through room-temperature solution processing.[55] CuSCN is also an alternative HTL materials and can be deposited by spray coating,[56] blade coating,[57] and electrodeposition,[58] which are potentially scalable. Researchers also report a molecular doping method for scalable blading to make HTL-free PSCs.[59]

Scaling up the back electrode

Evaporation deposition of back electrode is mature and scalable but it requires vacuum. Vacuum-free deposition of back electrode is important to fully imploit the solution processibility of PSCs. Silver electrodes can be screen-printed,[60] and silver nanowire network can be spray-coated[61] as back electrode. Carbon is also a potential candidate as scalable PSCs electrode, such as graphite,[62] carbon nanotubes,[63] and graphene.[64]

Physics

An important characteristic of the most commonly used perovskite system, the methylammonium lead halides, is a bandgap controllable by the halide content.[11][65] The materials also display a diffusion length for both holes and electrons of over one micron.[66][67][68] The long diffusion length means that these materials can function effectively in a thin-film architecture, and that charges can be transported in the perovskite itself over long distances. It has recently been reported that charges in the perovskite material are predominantly present as free electrons and holes, rather than as bound excitons, since the exciton binding energy is low enough to enable charge separation at room temperature.[69][70]

Efficiency limits

Perovskite solar cell bandgaps are tunable and can be optimised for the solar spectrum by altering the halide content in the film (i.e., by mixing I and Br). The Shockley–Queisser limit radiative efficiency limit, also known as the detailed balance limit,[71][72] is about 31% under an AM1.5G solar spectrum at 1000 W/m², for a Perovskite bandgap of 1.55 eV.[73] This is slightly smaller than the radiative limit of gallium arsenide of bandgap 1.42 eV which can reach a radiative efficiency of 33%.

Values of the detailed balance limit are available in tabulated form[73] and a MATLAB program for implementing the detailed balance model has been written.[72]

In the meantime, the drift-diffusion model has found to successfully predict the efficiency limit of perovskite solar cells, which enable us to understand the device physics in-depth, especially the radiative recombination limit and selective contact on device performance.[74] There are two prerequisites for predicting and approaching the perovskite efficiency limit. First, the intrinsic radiative recombination needs to be corrected after adopting optical designs which will significantly affect the open-circuit voltage at its Shockley–Queisser limit. Second, the contact characteristics of the electrodes need to be carefully engineered to eliminate the charge accumulation and surface recombination at the electrodes. With the two procedures, the accurate prediction of efficiency limit and precise evaluation of efficiency degradation for perovskite solar cells are attainable by the drift-diffusion model.[74]

Along with analytical calculations, there have been many first principle studies to find the characteristics of the perovskite material numerically. These include but are not limited to bandgap, effective mass, and defect levels for different perovskite materials.[75][76][77][78] Also there have some efforts to cast light on the device mechanism based on simulations where Agrawal et al.[79] suggests a modeling framework,[80] presents analysis of near ideal efficiency, and [81] talks about the importance of interface of perovskite and hole/electron transport layers. However, Sun et al.[82] tries to come up with a compact model for perovskite different structures based on experimental transport data.

Architectures

Schematic of a sensitized perovskite solar cell in which the active layer consist of a layer of mesoporous TiO₂ which is coated with the perovskite absorber. The active layer is contacted with an n-type material for electron extraction and a p-type material for hole extraction. b) Schematic of a thin-film perovskite solar cell. In this architecture in which just a flat layer of perovskite is sandwiched between two selective contacts. c) Charge generation and extraction in the sensitized architecture. After light absorption in the perovskite absorber the photogenerated electron is injected into the mesoporous TiO₂ through which it is extracted. The concomitantly generated hole is transferred to the p-type material. d) Charge generation and extraction in the thin-film architecture. After light absorption both charge generation as well as charge extraction occurs in the perovskite layer.

Perovskite solar cells function efficiently in a number of somewhat different architectures depending either on the role of the perovskite material in the device, or the nature of the top and bottom electrode. Devices in which positive charges are extracted by the transparent bottom electrode (cathode), can predominantly be divided into 'sensitized', where the perovskite functions mainly as a light absorber, and charge transport occurs in other materials, or 'thin-film', where most electron or hole transport occurs in the bulk of the perovskite itself. Similar to the sensitization in dye-sensitized solar cells, the perovskite material is coated onto a charge-conducting mesoporous scaffold – most commonly TiO₂ – as light-absorber. The photogenerated electrons are transferred from the perovskite layer to the mesoporous sensitized layer through which they are transported to the electrode and extracted into the circuit. The thin film solar cell architecture is based on the finding that perovskite materials can also act as highly efficient, ambipolar charge-conductor.[66]

After light absorption and the subsequent charge-generation, both negative and positive charge carrier are transported through the perovskite to charge selective contacts. Perovskite solar cells emerged from the field of dye-sensitized solar cells, so the sensitized architecture was that initially used, but over time it has become apparent that they function well, if not ultimately better, in a thin-film architecture.[83] More recently, some researchers also successfully demonstrated the possibility of fabricating flexible devices with perovskites,[84][85][86] which makes it more promising for flexible energy demand. Certainly, the aspect of UV-induced degradation in the sensitized architecture may be detrimental for the important aspect of long-term stability.

There is another different class of architectures, in which the transparent electrode at the bottom acts as cathode by collecting the photogenerated p-type charge carriers.[87]

History

Perovskite materials have been well known for many years, but the first incorporation into a solar cell was reported by Tsutomu Miyasaka et al. in 2009.[4] This was based on a dye-sensitized solar cell architecture, and generated only 3.8% power conversion efficiency (PCE) with a thin layer of perovskite on mesoporous TiO₂ as electron-collector. Moreover, because a liquid corrosive electrolyte was used, the cell was only stable for a few minutes. Park et al. improved upon this in 2011, using the same dye-sensitized concept, achieving 6.5% PCE.[88]

A breakthrough came in 2012, when Mike Lee and Henry Snaith from the University of Oxford realised that the perovskite was stable if contacted with a solid-state hole transporter such as spiro-OMeTAD and did not require the mesoporous TiO₂ layer in order to transport electrons.[89][90] They showed that efficiencies of almost 10% were achievable using the 'sensitized' TiO₂ architecture with the solid-state hole transporter, but higher efficiencies, above 10%, were attained by replacing it with an inert scaffold.[91] Further experiments in replacing the mesoporous TiO₂ with Al₂O₃ resulted in increased open-circuit voltage and a relative improvement in efficiency of 3–5% more than those with TiO₂ scaffolds.[41] This led to the hypothesis that a scaffold is not needed for electron extraction, which was later proved correct. This realisation was then closely followed by a demonstration that the perovskite itself could also transport holes, as well as electrons.[92] A thin-film perovskite solar cell, with no mesoporous scaffold, of > 10% efficiency was achieved.[83][93][94]

In 2013 both the planar and sensitized architectures saw a number of developments. Burschka et al. demonstrated a deposition technique for the sensitized architecture exceeding 15% efficiency by a two-step solution processing,[95] At a similar time Olga Malinkiewicz et al, and Liu et al. showed that it was possible to fabricate planar solar cells by thermal co-evaporation, achieving more than 12% and 15% efficiency in a p-i-n and an n-i-p architecture respectively.[96][97][98] Docampo et al. also showed that it was possible to fabricate perovskite solar cells in the typical 'organic solar cell' architecture, an 'inverted' configuration with the hole transporter below and the electron collector above the perovskite planar film.[99]

A range of new deposition techniques and even higher efficiencies were reported in 2014. A reverse-scan efficiency of 19.3% was claimed by Yang Yang at UCLA using the planar thin-film architecture.[100] In November 2014, a device by researchers from KRICT achieved a record with the certification of a non-stabilized efficiency of 20.1%.[5]

In December 2015, a new record efficiency of 21.0% was achieved by researchers at EPFL.[5]

As of March 2016, researchers from KRICT and UNIST hold the highest certified record for a single-junction perovskite solar cell with 22.1%.[5]

In 2018, a new record was set by researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences with a certified efficiency of 23.3%.[5]

June 2018 Oxford Photovoltaics 1 cm² perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell has achieved a 27.3% conversion efficiency, certified by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE. This exceeds the 26.7% efficiency world record for a single-junction silicon solar cell.

In September 2019, a new efficiency record of 20,3% with a module of 11,2cm².[101] This module was developed by the Apolo project consortium at CEA laboratories. The module is composed of 8 cells in series combining coating deposition techniques and laser patterning. The project has the objective to reach module cost below 0.40€/Wp (Watt peak).

Stability

One big challenge for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is the aspect of short-term and long-term stability.[102] The instability of PSCs is mainly related to environmental influence (moisture and oxygen),[103][104] thermal stress and intrinsic stability of methylammonium-based perovskite,[105][106][107] and formamidinium-based perovskite,[108] heating under applied voltage,[109] photo influence (ultraviolet light)[110] (visible light)[106] and mechanical fragility.[111] Several studies about PSCs stability have been performed and some elements have been proven to be important to the PSCs stability.[112][113] However, there is no standard "operational" stability protocol for PSCs.[110] But a method to quantify the intrinsic chemical stability of hybrid halide perovskites has been recently proposed.[114]

The water-solubility of the organic constituent of the absorber material make devices highly prone to rapid degradation in moist environments.[115] The degradation which is caused by moisture can be reduced by optimizing the constituent materials, the architecture of the cell, the interfaces and the environment conditions during the fabrication steps.[110] Encapsulating the perovskite absorber with a composite of carbon nanotubes and an inert polymer matrix has been demonstrated to successfully prevent the immediate degradation of the material when exposed to moist ambient air at elevated temperatures.[115][116] However, no long term studies and comprehensive encapsulation techniques have yet been demonstrated for perovskite solar cells. Besides moisture instability, it has also been shown that the embodiment of devices in which a mesoporous TiO₂ layer is sensitized with the perovskite absorber exhibits UV light induced instability.[117] The cause for the observed decline in device performance of those solar cells is linked to the interaction between photogenerated holes inside the TiO₂ and oxygen radicals on the surface of TiO₂.[117]

The measured ultra low thermal conductivity of 0.5 W/(Km) at room temperature in CH₃NH₃PbI₃ can prevent fast propagation of the light deposited heat, and keep the cell resistive on thermal stresses that can reduce its life time.[118] The PbI₂ residue in perovskite film has been experimentally demonstrated to have a negative effect on the long-term stability of devices.[39] The stabilization problem is claimed to be solved by replacing the organic transport layer with a metal oxide layer, allowing the cell to retain 90% capacity after 60 days.[119][120] Besides, the two instabilities issues can be solved by using multifunctional fluorinated photopolymer coatings that confer luminescent and easy-cleaning features on the front side of the devices, while concurrently forming a strongly hydrophobic barrier toward environmental moisture on the back contact side.[121] The front coating can prevent the UV light of the whole incident solar spectrum from negatively interacting with the PSC stack by converting it into visible light, and the back layer can prevent water from permeation within the solar cell stack. The resulting devices demonstrated excellent stability in terms of power conversion efficiencies during a 180-day aging test in the lab and a real outdoor condition test for more than 3 months.[121]

In July 2015, major hurdles were that the largest perovskite solar cell was only the size of a fingernail and that they degraded quickly in moist environments.[122] However, researchers from EPFL published in June 2017, a work successfully demonstrating large scale perovskite solar modules with no observed degradation over one year (short circuit conditions).[123] Now, together with other organizations, the research team aims to develop a fully printable perovskite solar cell with 22% efficiency and with 90% of performance after ageing tests.[124]

Early in 2019, the longest stability test reported to date showed a steady power output during at least 4000 h of continuous operation at Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) under 1 sun illumination from a xenon lamp based solar simulator without UV light filtering. Remarkably, the light harvester used during the stability test is classical methylammonium (MA) based perovskite, MAPbI₃, but devices are build up without organic based selective layer neither metal back contact. Under these conditions, only thermal stress was found to be the major factor contributing to the loss of operational stability in encapsulated devices.[125]

The intrinsic fragility of the perovskite material requires extrinsic reinforcement to shield this crucial layer from mechanical stresses. Insertion of mechanically reinforcing scaffolds directly into the active layers of perovskite solar cells resulted in the compound solar cell formed exhibiting a 30-fold increase in fracture resistance, repositioning the fracture properties of perovskite solar cells into the same domain as conventional c-Si, CIGS and CdTe solar cells.[126]

Hysteretic current-voltage behavior

Another major challenge for perovskite solar cells is the observation that current-voltage scans yield ambiguous efficiency values.[127][128] The power conversion efficiency of a solar cell is usually determined by characterizing its current-voltage (IV) behavior under simulated solar illumination. In contrast to other solar cells, however, it has been observed that the IV-curves of perovskite solar cells show a hysteretic behavior: depending on scanning conditions – such as scan direction, scan speed, light soaking, biasing – there is a discrepancy between the scan from forward-bias to short-circuit (FB-SC) and the scan from short-circuit to forward bias (SC-FB).[127] Various causes have been proposed such as ion movement, polarization, ferroelectric effects, filling of trap states,[128] however, the exact origin for the hysteretic behavior is yet to be determined. But it appears that determining the solar cell efficiency from IV-curves risks producing inflated values if the scanning parameters exceed the time-scale which the perovskite system requires in order to reach an electronic steady-state. Two possible solutions have been proposed: Unger et al. show that extremely slow voltage-scans allow the system to settle into steady-state conditions at every measurement point which thus eliminates any discrepancy between the FB-SC and the SC-FB scan.[128]

Henry Snaith et al. have proposed 'stabilized power output' as a metric for the efficiency of a solar cell. This value is determined by holding the tested device at a constant voltage around the maximum power-point (where the product of voltage and photocurrent reaches its maximum value) and track the power-output until it reaches a constant value. Both methods have been demonstrated to yield lower efficiency values when compared to efficiencies determined by fast IV-scans.[127][128] However, initial studies have been published that show that surface passivation of the perovskite absorber is an avenue with which efficiency values can be stabilized very close to fast-scan efficiencies.[129][130] No obvious hysteresis of photocurrent was observed by changing the sweep rates or the direction in devices or the sweep rates. This indicates that the origin of hysteresis in photocurrent is more likely due to the trap formation in some non optimized films and device fabrication processes. The ultimate way to examine the efficiency of a solar cell device is to measure its power output at the load point. If there is large density of traps in the devices or photocurrent hysteresis for other reasons, the photocurrent would rise slowly upon turning on illumination[87] This suggests that the interfaces might play a crucial role with regards to the hysteretic IV behavior since the major difference of the inverted architecture to the regular architectures is that an organic n-type contact is used instead of a metal oxide.

The observation of hysteretic current-voltage characteristics has thus far been largely underreported. Only a small fraction of publications acknowledge the hysteretic behavior of the described devices, even fewer articles show slow non-hysteretic IV curves or stabilized power outputs. Reported efficiencies, based on rapid IV-scans, have to be considered fairly unreliable and make it currently difficult to genuinely assess the progress of the field.

The ambiguity in determining the solar cell efficiency from current-voltage characteristics due to the observed hysteresis has also affected the certification process done by accredited laboratories such as NREL. The record efficiency of 20.1% for perovskite solar cells accepted as certified value by NREL in November 2014, has been classified as 'not stabilized'.[5] To be able to compare results from different institution, it is necessary to agree on a reliable measurement protocol, as it has been proposed by [131] including the corresponding Matlab code which can be found at GitHub.[132]

Perovskites for tandem applications

A perovskite cell combined with bottom cell such as Si or copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) as a tandem design can suppress individual cell bottlenecks and take advantage of the complementary characteristics to enhance the efficiency.[133] This type of cells have higher efficiency potential, and therefore attracted recently a large attention from academic researchers.[134][135][136]

4-terminal tandems

Using a four terminal configuration in which the two sub-cells are electrically isolated, Bailie et al.[137] obtained a 17% and 18.6% efficient tandem cell with mc-Si (η ~ 11%) and copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS, η ~ 17%) bottom cells, respectively. A 13.4% efficient tandem cell with a highly efficient a-Si:H/c-Si heterojunction bottom cell using the same configuration was obtained.[138] The application of TCO-based transparent electrodes to perovskite cells allowed to fabricate near-infrared transparent devices with improved efficiency and lower parasitic absorption losses.[139][140][141][142] The application of these cells in 4-terminal tandems allowed improved efficiencies up to 26.7% when using a silicon bottom cell[142][143] and up to 23.9% with a CIGS bottom cell.[144]

2-terminal tandems

Mailoa et al. started the efficiency race for monolithic 2-terminal tandems using an homojunction c-Si bottom cell and demonstrate a 13.7% cell, largely limited by parasitic absorption losses.[145] Then, Albrecht et al. developed a low-temperature processed perovskite cells using a SnO₂ electron transport layer. This allowed the use of silicon heterojunction solar cells as bottom cell and tandem efficiencies up to 18.1%.[146] Werner et al. then improved this performance replacing the SnO₂ layer with PCBM and introducing a sequential hybrid deposition method for the perovskite absorber, leading to a tandem cell with 21.2% efficiency.[147] Important parasitic absorption losses due to the use of Spiro-OMeTAD were still limiting the overall performance. An important change was demonstrated by Bush et al., who inverted the polarity of the top cell (n-i-p to p-i-n). They used a bilayer of SnO₂ and zinc tin oxide (ZTO) processed by ALD to work as a sputtering buffer layer, which enables the following deposition of a transparent top indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode. This change helped to improve the environmental and thermal stability of the perovskite cell[148] and was crucial to further improve the perovskite/silicon tandem performance to 23.6%.[149]

In the continuity, using a p-i-n perovskite top cell, Sahli et al. demonstrated in June 2018 a fully textured monolithic tandem cell with 25.2% efficiency, independently certified by Fraunhofer ISE CalLab.[150] This improved efficiency can largely be attributed to the massively reduced reflection losses (below 2% in the range 360 nm-1000 nm, excluding metallization) and reduced parasitic absorption losses, leading to certified short-circuit currents of 19.5 mA/cm². Also in June 2018 the company Oxford Photovoltaics presented a cell with 27.3% efficiency.[151] The record currently stands at 28% as of December 2018.[5]

Theoretical modelling

There have been some efforts to predict the theoretical limits for these traditional tandem designs using a perovskite cell as top cell on a c-Si[152] or a-Si/c-Si heterojunction bottom cell.[153] To show that the output power can be even further enhanced, bifacial structures were studied as well. It was concluded that extra output power can be extracted from the bifacial structure as compared to a bifacial HIT cell when the albedo reflection takes on values between 10 and 40%, which are realistic.[154] It has been pointed out that the so-called impact ionization process can take place in strongly correlated insulators such as some oxide perovskites, which can lead to multiple carrier generation.[155][156]

Up-scaling

In May 2016, IMEC and its partner Solliance announced a tandem structure with a semi-transparent perovskite cell stacked on top of a back-contacted silicon cell.[157] A combined power conversion efficiency of 20.2% was claimed, with the potential to exceed 30%.

All-perovskite tandems

In 2016, the development of efficient low-bandgap (1.2 - 1.3eV) perovskite materials and the fabrication of efficient devices based on these enabled a new concept: all-perovskite tandem solar cells, where two perovskite compounds with different bandgaps are stacked on top of each other. The first two- and four-terminal devices with this architecture reported in the literature achieved efficiencies of 17% and 20.3%.[158] All-perovskite tandem cells offer the prospect of being the first fully solution-processable architecture that has a clear route to exceeding not only the efficiencies of silicon, but also GaAs and other expensive III-V semiconductor solar cells.

In 2017, Dewei Zhao et al. fabricated low-bandgap (~1.25 eV) mixed Sn-Pb perovskite solar cells (PVSCs) with the thickness of 620 nm, which enables larger grains and higher crystallinity to extend the carrier lifetimes to more than 250 ns, reaching a maximum power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 17.6%. Furthermore, this low-bandgap PVSC reached an external quantum efficiency (EQE) of more than 70% in the wavelength range of 700–900 nm, the essential infrared spectral region where sunlight transmitted to bottom cell. They also combined the bottom cell with a ~1.58 eV bandgap perovskite top cell to create an all-perovskite tandem solar cell with four terminals, obtaining a steady-state PCE of 21.0%, suggesting the possibility of fabricating high-efficiency all-perovskite tandem solar cells.[159]

A study in 2020 shows that all-perovskite tandems have much lower carbon footprints than silicon-pervoskite tandems.[160]

See also

• Dye-sensitized solar cell
• Emerging photovoltaics
• Hybrid solar cell
• List of types of solar cells
• Nanocrystal solar cell
• Perovskite (mineral)
• Polymer solar cell
• Thin film solar cell
• Third generation photovoltaic cell
• Methylammonium lead halide

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