Solar RRLPub Date : 2024-12-15DOI: 10.1002/solr.202400689
Bernice Mae Yu Jeco-Espaldon, Yoshitaka Okada
{"title":"Achieving Large-Area, Crack-Free Epitaxial Lift-Off of Inverted Metamorphic Multijunction Solar Cells by Ag Electrode Extension and the Counterintuitive Use of Temporary Rigid Carrier","authors":"Bernice Mae Yu Jeco-Espaldon, Yoshitaka Okada","doi":"10.1002/solr.202400689","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400689","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The material choices for highly efficient multijunction solar cells (MJSCs) can be expanded by stacking lattice-mismatched III–V materials grown by the inverted metamorphic approach. However, III–V materials are expensive, necessitating low-cost strategies such as substrate reuse by epitaxial lift-off (ELO) to improve their technology readiness. Inverted metamorphic MJSCs (IMM-MJSCs) are inherently fragile due to the interfacial stresses introduced by graded buffer layers between mismatched materials. While numerous studies have reported successful fabrication of crack-free IMM-MJSCs, comprehensive procedural details and critical considerations are often left undisclosed. Herein, a systematic method is presented for achieving large-area, crack-free thin-film IMM-MJSCs. Specifically, the efficacy of the ELO bath method combined with Ag back electrode extension and the innovative application of rigid, acid- and polar solvent-resistant plastics as temporary carriers during the process is demonstrated. By addressing the challenges of mechanical fragility and developing robust ELO techniques, this work aims to enable the practical implementation of high-efficiency IMM-MJSCs for space and terrestrial applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":230,"journal":{"name":"Solar RRL","volume":"9 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143115168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Solar RRLPub Date : 2024-12-12DOI: 10.1002/solr.202400765
Yinyan Xu, Hyoungmin Park, Urasawadee Amornkitbamrung, Hyeon Jun Jeong, Canjie Wang, Yongjae In, Aedan Gibson, Hyunjung Shin
{"title":"Synergistic Passivation of Pyridinium Tetrafluoroborate (PyBF4) in Inverted (CsPbI3)0.05((FAPbI3)1−x(MAPbBr3)x)0.95 Solar Cells with Atomic Layer Deposited NiO Layers","authors":"Yinyan Xu, Hyoungmin Park, Urasawadee Amornkitbamrung, Hyeon Jun Jeong, Canjie Wang, Yongjae In, Aedan Gibson, Hyunjung Shin","doi":"10.1002/solr.202400765","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400765","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000Nickel oxide (NiO) is a promising hole transport layer (HTL) that can be used to fabricate efficient, large-scale inverted-type perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, depositing a high-quality perovskite layer on NiO substrates comparable to those realized in the normal structure still presents a challenge. Herein, a pyridinium tetrafluoroborate (PyBF<sub>4</sub>) additive is introduced to passivate the intrinsic defects in the bulk perovskite films. The nitrogen Lewis base in the PyBF<sub>4</sub> molecule interacts well with uncoordinated Pb<sup>2+</sup> cations, leading to high-quality perovskite films with minimized defects. Meanwhile, the pseudohalide BF<sub>4</sub><sup>−</sup> can fill halogen vacancies in the perovskite films to enable defect passivation. As a result, the perovskite precursor solution with PyBF<sub>4</sub> shows better reproducibility for high-efficiency devices. The optimal PSC based on PyBF<sub>4</sub> modification yields a champion power conversion efficiency of 22.7% with atomic layer deposited NiO as the HTL.</p>","PeriodicalId":230,"journal":{"name":"Solar RRL","volume":"9 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143114506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Solar RRLPub Date : 2024-12-10DOI: 10.1002/solr.202400635
Khoa Nguyen, Wei Wang, Lichun Chang, Thien Truong, Heping Shen, Klaus Weber, Hieu T. Nguyen, Daniel Macdonald
{"title":"Photoluminescence Excitation Spectroscopy of Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells","authors":"Khoa Nguyen, Wei Wang, Lichun Chang, Thien Truong, Heping Shen, Klaus Weber, Hieu T. Nguyen, Daniel Macdonald","doi":"10.1002/solr.202400635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400635","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The contributions of each subcell to the total photoluminescence (PL) spectrum of a monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell are distinguished using a variable wavelength excitation laser source. In the results, a strong overlap of the PL spectrum is shown, originating from the sub-bandgap region of the perovskite top cell with the emission from the silicon bottom cell, even with near-infrared excitation wavelengths. Consequently, an excitation laser wavelength of at least 815 nm is required for a dominant PL signal from the silicon bottom cell, and a wavelength no longer than 750 nm is needed for a dominant PL signal from the perovskite top cell in the investigated tandem solar cell. Moreover, a shoulder in the sub-bandgap emission of the perovskite top cell almost coincides with the PL response region of the silicon bottom cell, which can cause signal confusion in subcell characterization.</p>","PeriodicalId":230,"journal":{"name":"Solar RRL","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143114089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of Material Composition and Wafer Thickness on the Performances of Electron Irradiated Gallium-Doped Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells","authors":"Océane Guillot, Romain Cariou, Jordi Veirman, Nicolas Enjalbert, Adrien Danel, Corinne Aicardi, Sébastien Dubois","doi":"10.1002/solr.202400669","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400669","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Past studies have underlined the importance of silicon material composition for optimum space solar cells performances. However, the maturity and performances of silicon cells have evolved over the last decades. Due to the increasing space photovoltaic power demand, it becomes crucial to assess modern silicon radiation hardness. Herein, the influence of material composition (resistivity and interstitial oxygen, gallium, and thermal donor concentrations) of modern gallium-doped silicon wafers on their electronic properties after electron irradiation is investigated. Results demonstrate stable majority carrier concentrations and mobilities within the doping ranges and fluences investigated. Regarding the post-irradiation carrier recombinations, the higher the resistivity the higher the carrier lifetime is at low injection level. Similarly, the electron diffusion length is six times higher for the 60 Ω.cm samples compared to the 0.9 Ω.cm ones. The Shockley–Read–Hall recombination signature of a vacancy-related defect (reported in boron-doped silicon) reproduces well this trend. Then, complete heterojunction solar cells are processed from these materials. While highest resistivity samples feature better carrier lifetimes after irradiation, the best conversion efficiencies are obtained for intermediate resistivity samples (15 Ω.cm). It is shown that it is essentially due to the positive effect of higher majority carrier concentration on the open-circuit voltage.</p>","PeriodicalId":230,"journal":{"name":"Solar RRL","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/solr.202400669","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143113317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Solar RRLPub Date : 2024-12-08DOI: 10.1002/solr.202400725
Zibo Zhou, Wei Shao, Qinan Wang, Qianqing Jiang, Dianyi Liu
{"title":"Solid-State Photochromic Transparent Photovoltaics with Bisthienylethene-Based Molecules","authors":"Zibo Zhou, Wei Shao, Qinan Wang, Qianqing Jiang, Dianyi Liu","doi":"10.1002/solr.202400725","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400725","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Photochromic transparent photovoltaic is a promising candidate for developing smart windows in the building-integrated photovoltaic field. However, most reported photochromic solar cells must employ liquid electrolyte in the device to achieve the photochromic function. Herein, solid-state photochromic semitransparent organic photovoltaics (ST-OPVs) based on a photochromic molecule with bisthienylethene (BTE) unit are reported. ST-OPVs show a transmittance change of up to 6.10% under light irradiation, demonstrating a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 5.21% and an average visible transmission of over 50%. The coloration–decoloration process is reversible under UV irradiation and thermal annealing. After five coloration–decoloration cycles, the photochromic ST-OPVs can maintain 66.6% of the initial PCE. This work presents a promising application of photochromic molecules in ST-OPVs, providing a feasible strategy for photochromic photovoltaics.</p>","PeriodicalId":230,"journal":{"name":"Solar RRL","volume":"9 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143113259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Solar RRLPub Date : 2024-12-08DOI: 10.1002/solr.202400730
Xuemei Luo, Eng Liang Lim
{"title":"A Mini-Review: The Rise of Triple-Junction Silicon-Perovskite-Perovskite Solar Cells","authors":"Xuemei Luo, Eng Liang Lim","doi":"10.1002/solr.202400730","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400730","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Recently, the multijunction (MJ) solarcells have gained interest and have a lot of promise going forward. As MJ solarcells with an increasing number of absorber layers can reduce the thermalization and the nonabsorption losses of the device, it has then been proposed to overcome the Shockley–Queisser (S–Q) maximum efficiency limit. The preparation of the metal halide perovskite using a solution processing method with tunable bandgaps has made them an ideal candidate to integrate with the silicon photovoltaic, forming MJ silicon-perovskite (Si-PVK) solar cells. Benefitting from these, 33.90% power conversion efficiency (PCE) has been realized for the Si-PVK MJ solar cell, which is comparable to the S–Q maximum efficiency limit in the range of ≈1.10–≈1.30 eV. Furthermore, the PCE of Si-PVK solar cells can potentially increase with increasing the number-junction of perovskite device. Taking advantage of this, the research on the triple-junction (TJ) silicon-perovskite-perovskite (Si-PVK-PVK) solar cells has gained attention, although it is still in an early stage of development. In this mini-review, the working mechanism, the design principle, and the progress of TJ Si-PVK-PVK solar cells are discussed. Finally, future outlooks in this field are also provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":230,"journal":{"name":"Solar RRL","volume":"9 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143113221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Solar RRLPub Date : 2024-12-05DOI: 10.1002/solr.202400517
David Chojniak, Alexandra Schmid, Jochen Hohl-Ebinger, Sebastian Kasimir Reichmuth, Gerald Siefer, Daniel Kirk, Chris Case, Stefan W. Glunz
{"title":"Measuring the External Quantum Efficiency of Tandem Photovoltaic Modules Using an LED-Based Solar Simulator","authors":"David Chojniak, Alexandra Schmid, Jochen Hohl-Ebinger, Sebastian Kasimir Reichmuth, Gerald Siefer, Daniel Kirk, Chris Case, Stefan W. Glunz","doi":"10.1002/solr.202400517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400517","url":null,"abstract":"<p>An external quantum efficiency (EQE) measurement procedure for full-size tandem modules using a light-emitting diode (LED)-based solar simulator is introduced. This elegant procedure uses the LED light source for both, setting a close to one-sun bias spectrum and performing the actual EQE measurement by modulating individual LED channels. Measurement comparisons using filtered silicon solar cells and a perovskite on silicon (PSC/Si) single-cell module demonstrate good agreement between the EQEs obtained with the presented procedure and reference EQEs, determined at Fraunhofer ISE CalLab PV Cells and the National Metrology Institute of Germany. Applying the procedure to a full-size PSC/Si tandem module results in a close match of the full module EQE and the EQE of an optically similar single-cell module measured at CalLab PV Cells. Performing a spectral adjustment of the LED solar simulator based on the full-module and single-cell module EQE, only minor spectral variations, reflected in minimal deviations of the resulting spectral mismatch factors of less than 0.4%, are determined. The presented results confirm the applicability of the procedure as an efficient and accurate approach for EQE measurements and underline its overall relevance for the calibration of full-size tandem modules.</p>","PeriodicalId":230,"journal":{"name":"Solar RRL","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/solr.202400517","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143112032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Solar RRLPub Date : 2024-12-04DOI: 10.1002/solr.202400627
Jonas Schaible, Hanifah Winarto, Viktor Škorjanc, Danbi Yoo, Lea Zimmermann, Klaus Jäger, Ivan Sekulic, Philipp-Immanuel Schneider, Sven Burger, Andreas Wessels, Benedikt Bläsi, Christiane Becker
{"title":"Optimizing Aesthetic Appearance of Perovskite Solar Cells Using Color Filters","authors":"Jonas Schaible, Hanifah Winarto, Viktor Škorjanc, Danbi Yoo, Lea Zimmermann, Klaus Jäger, Ivan Sekulic, Philipp-Immanuel Schneider, Sven Burger, Andreas Wessels, Benedikt Bläsi, Christiane Becker","doi":"10.1002/solr.202400627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400627","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The significance of color aesthetics in photovoltaic (PV) modules gains importance, especially in design-centric applications like building-integrated PVs. Color filters based on distributed Bragg reflectors, consisting of alternating thin-film layers of different refractive indices, can modify the appearance of standard silicon modules. This approach is also extended to optimize the color appearance of emerging PV technologies such as perovskite solar cells, which typically exhibit a less appealing gray–brownish appearance. In this contribution, perovskite solar-cell stacks combined with MorphoColor color filters are presented. Angular-resolved reflectance simulations based on wave optics and ray tracing with experimental data are validated, and the color appearance from various viewing angles is evaluated. Additionally, the impact of individual layers on color appearance and the maximum achievable short-circuit current density in the perovskite solar cell is investigated. By applying Bayesian optimization, the color distance is minimized to the targeted appearance. Tailoring the bridging layers between the color filter and the perovskite solar cell is found to strongly influence the color impression due to the coherently combined color filter and perovskite solar cell. The presented color optimization concept allows to customize the aesthetics of emerging PV thin-film technologies such as perovskite solar cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":230,"journal":{"name":"Solar RRL","volume":"9 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/solr.202400627","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143111551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Solar RRLPub Date : 2024-12-04DOI: 10.1002/solr.202470231
Hao Zhe Chun, Stener Lie, Mahmoud G. Ahmed, Lydia H. Wong
{"title":"Unveiling the Dual Impact of CuI Layer and Se Content in Sb2(S, Se)3 Photocathodes for Solar Water Splitting","authors":"Hao Zhe Chun, Stener Lie, Mahmoud G. Ahmed, Lydia H. Wong","doi":"10.1002/solr.202470231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202470231","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Solar Water Splitting</b>\u0000 </p><p>Antimony chalcogenides show promise for photoelectrochemical solar-to-hydrogen conversion, where green hydrogen is desired as an alternative fuel and used for methanol and ammonia synthesis. This requires fabrication of antimony chalcogenides atop p-type layers for efficient charge separation. In article number 2400528, Lydia H. Wong and co-workers investigated the feasibility of different p-type layers alongside chalcogen ratios towards efficient solar water splitting.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":230,"journal":{"name":"Solar RRL","volume":"8 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/solr.202470231","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142868097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancing the Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells by Extending the Terminal Conjugation of Spiro-Type Hole Transport Material","authors":"Qian Wang, Yue Cao, Haokai Zhao, Botong Li, Xianfu Zhang, Xihong Ding, Ghadari Rahim, Hui Cao, Xuepeng Liu, Yong Ding, Songyuan Dai","doi":"10.1002/solr.202400700","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400700","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Hole transport materials (HTM) play a vital role in the performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Optimizing the molecular structure of HTMs has been proven to be an important method for improving PSCs’ efficiency and stability. Herein, a novel dibenzofuran-terminated spiro-type HTM with extending π-conjugation is designed and developed, named spiro-BNF. The structure–property relationship is also studied with spiro-OMeTAD and spiro-DBF as the reference. The results show that spiro-BNF has improved hole mobility and glass transition temperature (reaching 198 °C) than spiro-OMeTAD and spiro-BDF. spiro-BNF also exhibits matched highest occupied molecular orbital level with perovskite and superior morphology on the perovskite layer. Accordingly, the PSCs employing spiro-BNF display a higher power conversion efficiency of 23.65% and improved stability than the device employing spiro-OMeTAD or spiro-BDF. The findings provide a new insight for enhancing the performance of PSCs.</p>","PeriodicalId":230,"journal":{"name":"Solar RRL","volume":"8 24","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143248228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}