Device simulation of quasi-two-dimensional perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells towards 30%-efficiency
Xiao-Ping Xie(谢小平)1,†, Qian-Yu Bai(白倩玉)2,†, Gang Liu(刘刚)1, Peng Dong(董鹏)1, Da-Wei Liu(刘大伟)1, Yu-Feng Ni(倪玉凤)1, Chen-Bo Liu(刘晨波)2, He Xi(习鹤)2, Wei-Dong Zhu(朱卫东)2, Da-Zheng Chen(陈大正)2,‡, and Chun-Fu Zhang(张春福)2
1. Qinghai Huanghe Hydropower Development CO., LTD., Xining 810008, China; 2. State Key Discipline Laboratory of Wide Band Gap Semiconductor Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China
Abstract Perovskite/silicon (Si) tandem solar cells have been recognized as the next-generation photovoltaic technology with efficiency over 30% and low cost. However, the intrinsic instability of traditional three-dimensional (3D) hybrid perovskite seriously hinders the lifetimes of tandem devices. In this work, the quasi-two-dimensional (2D) (BA)2(MA)n-1PbnI3n+1 (n=1, 2, 3, 4, 5) (where MA denotes methylammonium and BA represents butylammonium), with senior stability and wider bandgap, are first used as an absorber of semitransparent top perovskite solar cells (PSCs) to construct a four-terminal (4T) tandem devices with a bottom Si-heterojunction cell. The device model is established by Silvaco Atlas based on experimental parameters. Simulation results show that in the optimized tandem device, the top cell (n=4) obtains a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 17.39% and the Si bottom cell shows a PCE of 11.44%, thus an overall PCE of 28.83%. Furthermore, by introducing a 90-nm lithium fluoride (LiF) anti-reflection layer to reduce the surface reflection loss, the current density (Jsc) of the top cell is enhanced from 15.56 mA/cm2 to 17.09 mA/cm2, the corresponding PCE reaches 19.05%, and the tandem PCE increases to 30.58%. Simultaneously, in the cases of n=3, 4, and 5, all the tandem PCEs exceed the limiting theoretical efficiency of Si cells. Therefore, the 4T quasi-2D perovskite/Si devices provide a more cost-effective tandem strategy and long-term stability solutions.
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 62004151, 62274126, 62274126, 61874083, and 61804113) and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2020T130490).
Xiao-Ping Xie(谢小平), Qian-Yu Bai(白倩玉), Gang Liu(刘刚), Peng Dong(董鹏), Da-Wei Liu(刘大伟), Yu-Feng Ni(倪玉凤), Chen-Bo Liu(刘晨波), He Xi(习鹤), Wei-Dong Zhu(朱卫东), Da-Zheng Chen(陈大正), and Chun-Fu Zhang(张春福) Device simulation of quasi-two-dimensional perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells towards 30%-efficiency 2022 Chin. Phys. B 31 108801
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