Nano-Micro Letters, Volume. 17, Issue 1, 008(2025)

Crystallization Modulation and Holistic Passivation Enables Efficient Two-Terminal Perovskite/CuIn(Ga)Se2 Tandem Solar Cells

Cong Geng1, Kuanxiang Zhang2, Changhua Wang2, Chung Hsien Wu2, Jiwen Jiang2, Fei Long3, Liyuan Han4、*, Qifeng Han4, Yi-Bing Cheng1, and Yong Peng1、**
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, People’s Republic of China
  • 2Triumph Photovoltaic Materials Co., Ltd., No. 1001 Yannan Avenue, High-Tech Development District, Bengbu, Anhui 233000, People’s Republic of China
  • 3College of Materials Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, People’s Republic of China
  • 4State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People’s Republic of China
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    Two-terminal (2-T) perovskite (PVK)/CuIn(Ga)Se2 (CIGS) tandem solar cells (TSCs) have been considered as an ideal tandem cell because of their best bandgap matching regarding to Shockley–Queisser (S–Q) limits. However, the nature of the irregular rough morphology of commercial CIGS prevents people from improving tandem device performances. In this paper, D-homoserine lactone hydrochloride is proven to improve coverage of PVK materials on irregular rough CIGS surfaces and also passivate bulk defects by modulating the growth of PVK crystals. In addition, the minority carriers near the PVK/C60 interface and the incompletely passivated trap states caused interface recombination. A surface reconstruction with 2-thiopheneethylammonium iodide and N,N-dimethylformamide assisted passivates the defect sites located at the surface and grain boundaries. Meanwhile, LiF is used to create this field effect, repelling hole carriers away from the PVK and C60 interface and thus reducing recombination. As a result, a 2-T PVK/CIGS tandem yielded a power conversion efficiency of 24.6% (0.16 cm2), one of the highest results for 2-T PVK/CIGS TSCs to our knowledge. This validation underscores the potential of our methodology in achieving superior performance in PVK/CIGS tandem solar cells.

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    Cong Geng, Kuanxiang Zhang, Changhua Wang, Chung Hsien Wu, Jiwen Jiang, Fei Long, Liyuan Han, Qifeng Han, Yi-Bing Cheng, Yong Peng. Crystallization Modulation and Holistic Passivation Enables Efficient Two-Terminal Perovskite/CuIn(Ga)Se2 Tandem Solar Cells[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2025, 17(1): 008

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Jun. 26, 2024

    Accepted: Aug. 16, 2024

    Published Online: Feb. 12, 2025

    The Author Email: Han Liyuan (han.liyuan@sjtu.edu.cn), Peng Yong (yongpeng@whut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s40820-024-01514-1

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