Toward a highly efficient large surface Perovskite Silicon 4-Terminal tandem module

Abstract

This work presents a path to the fabrication of highly efficient, large size 4-Terminal (4T) perovskite silicon tandem. As a first step, our deposition process of perovskite based on spin coating was transferred to slot die coating, enabling large surface areas. Simultaneously, a semitransparent perovskite solar cell was designed to ensure a high optical transmission in the near-infrared (NIR) and we achieved a transmission of 90% at 900 nm, in good agreement with the optical simulation. As a second step, a stack reproducing the perovskite solar cell has been packaged with an n-PERT silicon cell in a box printed in 3D to form a pseudo-tandem with 16 cm2 active area. This device allows to guarantee its durability and to precisely assess the performances of the filtered silicon bottom cell thanks to correct optical alignment. It also minimizes optical losses between both silicon bottom and perovskite top cells. Combining a 16.9% perovskite top cell (active surface of 0.09 cm2) deposited by slot die and a 6.4% filtered silicon bottom cell results in an efficiency of 23.3% for a 4T tandem solar cell. Moreover, a filtered silicon solar with 8.2% efficiency is obtained using a perovskite solar cell stack optimized for NIR. The fabrication of 4T tandem over 16 cm2 active area are currently in progress and will be discussed.