Dimethyl Sulfoxide Mixed-Solvent Engineering for Efficient Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cell
The integration of perovskite with silicon for constructing tandem solar cells (TSCs) represents a promising route in photovoltaic technology. The hybrid sequential deposition (HSD) method, combining thermal evaporation and spin-coating, is crucial for developing perovskite films in textured perovsk...
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| author | Haifeng Zhang Youling He Qian Li Hao Zhang Yinqing Sun Tengteng Yang Yinyi Ma Tian Yang Xindi Zheng Lin Mao |
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| description | The integration of perovskite with silicon for constructing tandem solar cells (TSCs) represents a promising route in photovoltaic technology. The hybrid sequential deposition (HSD) method, combining thermal evaporation and spin-coating, is crucial for developing perovskite films in textured perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells. However, the process faces challenges due to incomplete reactions caused by the dense perovskite coverage layer (CPCL) formed from high-crystallinity precursors. The CPCL hinders the diffusion of organic salts into the bottom precursor layer, leading to performance degradation and accelerated device aging. Herein, this study explores several polar solvents as additives to n-butanol (nBA) solvent in order to enhance the permeability of organic salts through the CPCL, and we demonstrate that dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as an additive solvent can effectively assist organic salts in rapidly diffusing through the precursor layer, thereby promoting the complete transformation of uniform perovskite crystals. The resulting perovskite films exhibited complete conversion, uniform crystallization, and improved quality. As a result, the target TSCs achieved an increased maximum power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 29.12%. This study offers a robust pathway for depositing high-quality perovskite films on industrial-grade textured silicon substrates, laying a solid foundation for advancing perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells technology. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4793cad9210c44fba9530016a6e1cf062025-01-10T13:17:08ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732024-12-0118111510.3390/en18010115Dimethyl Sulfoxide Mixed-Solvent Engineering for Efficient Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar CellHaifeng Zhang0Youling He1Qian Li2Hao Zhang3Yinqing Sun4Tengteng Yang5Yinyi Ma6Tian Yang7Xindi Zheng8Lin Mao9School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, ChinaSchool of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, ChinaSchool of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, ChinaSchool of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, ChinaSchool of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, ChinaSchool of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, ChinaSchool of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, ChinaSichuan Research Center of New Materials, National Energy Novel Materials Center, Institute of Chemical Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Chengdu 610200, ChinaSchool of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, ChinaSchool of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, ChinaThe integration of perovskite with silicon for constructing tandem solar cells (TSCs) represents a promising route in photovoltaic technology. The hybrid sequential deposition (HSD) method, combining thermal evaporation and spin-coating, is crucial for developing perovskite films in textured perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells. However, the process faces challenges due to incomplete reactions caused by the dense perovskite coverage layer (CPCL) formed from high-crystallinity precursors. The CPCL hinders the diffusion of organic salts into the bottom precursor layer, leading to performance degradation and accelerated device aging. Herein, this study explores several polar solvents as additives to n-butanol (nBA) solvent in order to enhance the permeability of organic salts through the CPCL, and we demonstrate that dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as an additive solvent can effectively assist organic salts in rapidly diffusing through the precursor layer, thereby promoting the complete transformation of uniform perovskite crystals. The resulting perovskite films exhibited complete conversion, uniform crystallization, and improved quality. As a result, the target TSCs achieved an increased maximum power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 29.12%. This study offers a robust pathway for depositing high-quality perovskite films on industrial-grade textured silicon substrates, laying a solid foundation for advancing perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells technology.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/1/115hybrid sequential depositionperovskite/silicon tandem solar cellssolvent engineeringfully textured silicon substrates |
| spellingShingle | Haifeng Zhang Youling He Qian Li Hao Zhang Yinqing Sun Tengteng Yang Yinyi Ma Tian Yang Xindi Zheng Lin Mao Dimethyl Sulfoxide Mixed-Solvent Engineering for Efficient Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cell Energies hybrid sequential deposition perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells solvent engineering fully textured silicon substrates |
| title | Dimethyl Sulfoxide Mixed-Solvent Engineering for Efficient Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cell |
| title_full | Dimethyl Sulfoxide Mixed-Solvent Engineering for Efficient Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cell |
| title_fullStr | Dimethyl Sulfoxide Mixed-Solvent Engineering for Efficient Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cell |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dimethyl Sulfoxide Mixed-Solvent Engineering for Efficient Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cell |
| title_short | Dimethyl Sulfoxide Mixed-Solvent Engineering for Efficient Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cell |
| title_sort | dimethyl sulfoxide mixed solvent engineering for efficient perovskite silicon tandem solar cell |
| topic | hybrid sequential deposition perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells solvent engineering fully textured silicon substrates |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/1/115 |
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