Optical simulation of CsPbI3/TOPCon tandem solar cells with advanced light management
Min Yue(岳敏)1,2,3, Yan Wang(王燕)1,2,†, Hui-Li Liang(梁会力)1,2, and Zeng-Xia Mei (梅增霞)1,2,‡
1 Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; 2 Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, China; 3 School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Abstract Monolithic perovskite/Si tandem solar cells (TSCs) have experienced rapid development in recent years, demonstrating its potential to exceed the Shockley-Queisser limit of single junction Si solar cells. Unlike typical organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite/silicon heterojunction TSCs, here we propose CsPbI3/TOPCon TSC, which is a promising architecture in consideration of its pleasurable thermal stability and good compatibility with current PERC production lines. The optical performance of CsPbI3/TOPCon TSCs is simulated by the combination of ray-tracing method and transfer matrix method. The light management of the CsPbI3/TOPCon TSC begins with the optimization of the surface texture on Si subcell, indicating that a bifacial inverted pyramid with a small bottom angle of rear-side enables a further minimization of the optical losses. Current matching between the subcells, as well as the parasitic absorption loss from the front transparent conductive oxide, is analyzed and discussed in detail. Finally, an optimized configuration of CsPbI3/TOPCon TSC with a 31.78% power conversion efficiency is proposed. This work provides a practical guidance for approaching high-efficiency perovskite/Si TSCs.
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61904201 and 11875088) and the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation, China (Grant No. 2019B1515120057).
Corresponding Authors:
Yan Wang, Zeng-Xia Mei
E-mail: ywang16@iphy.ac.cn;zxmei@iphy.ac.cn
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Min Yue(岳敏), Yan Wang(王燕), Hui-Li Liang(梁会力), and Zeng-Xia Mei (梅增霞) Optical simulation of CsPbI3/TOPCon tandem solar cells with advanced light management 2022 Chin. Phys. B 31 088801
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