MXene-Interconnected Two-Terminal, Mechanically-Stacked Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cell with High Efficiency

Abstract

Two-terminal, mechanically-stacked perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells offer a feasible way to achieve power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of over 35%, provided that the state-of-the-art industrial silicon solar cells and perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are fully compatible with one another. Herein, two-terminal, mechanically-stacked perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells are developed by mechanically interconnecting semitransparent PSCs and TOPCon solar cells with a MXene interlayer. The semitransparent PSCs are made from wide-bandgap perovskite Cs_0.15FA_0.65MA_0.20Pb(I_0.80Br_0.20)₃ films. Furthermore, the co-additives KPF₆ and CH₃NH₃Cl(MACl) are employed to reduce grain boundaries and intragranular defects in the perovskite, boosting the PCE of the semitransparent PSCs to a record-high value of 20.96% under reverse scan (RS) through a reduction in non-radiative recombination probability. These optimized semitransparent PSCs are then employed in MXene-interconnected two-terminal, mechanically-stacked tandem solar cells. The enhanced interfacial carrier transportation, with minimal influence on light transmission, imparted by the MXene flakes allows the tandem solar cells to achieve a stabilized PCE of 29.65%. The tandem cells also exhibit acceptable operational stability and are able to retain ≈93% and 92% of their initial PCEs after 120 min of continuous illumination or storage in ambient air for 1000 h, respectively.