All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells: From Certified 25% and Beyond
Perovskite-based solar cells are a promising photovoltaic technology capable of offering higher conversion efficiency at low costs compared with the standard of the market. They can be produced via a thin film technology that allows for considerable environmental sustainability, thus representing an...
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| author | Nour El Islam Boukortt Claudia Triolo Saveria Santangelo Salvatore Patanè |
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| description | Perovskite-based solar cells are a promising photovoltaic technology capable of offering higher conversion efficiency at low costs compared with the standard of the market. They can be produced via a thin film technology that allows for considerable environmental sustainability, thus representing an efficient, sustainable, flexible, and light solution. Tandem solar cells represent the next step in the evolution of photovoltaics (PV). They promise higher power conversion efficiency (PCE) than those currently dominating the market. The tandem solar cell design overcomes the limitations of single junction solar cells by reducing the thermal losses as well as the manufacturing costs. Perovskite has been employed as a partner in different kinds of tandem solar cells, such as the Si and CIGS (copper indium gallium selenide) based cells that, in their tandem configuration with perovskite, can convert light more efficiently than standalone sub-cells. This brief review presents the main engineering and scientific challenges in the field. The state-of-the-art three main perovskite tandem technologies, namely perovskite/silicon, perovskite/CIGS, and perovskite/perovskite tandem solar cells, will be discussed, providing a side-by-side comparison of theoretical and experimental efficiencies of multijunction solar cells. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3c0b4be57cd547f9901bec3ead1c7e142023-11-17T19:06:22ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732023-04-01168351910.3390/en16083519All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells: From Certified 25% and BeyondNour El Islam Boukortt0Claudia Triolo1Saveria Santangelo2Salvatore Patanè3Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Kuwait College of Science and Technology, Road N. 7, Doha 13113, KuwaitDipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, dell’Energia, dell’Ambiente e dei Materiali (DICEAM), Università “Mediterranea”, Via Zehender, Loc. Feo di Vito, 89122 Reggio Calabria, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, dell’Energia, dell’Ambiente e dei Materiali (DICEAM), Università “Mediterranea”, Via Zehender, Loc. Feo di Vito, 89122 Reggio Calabria, ItalyNational Reference Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage (GISEL), Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali (INSTM), Via Giusti 9, 50121 Firenze, ItalyPerovskite-based solar cells are a promising photovoltaic technology capable of offering higher conversion efficiency at low costs compared with the standard of the market. They can be produced via a thin film technology that allows for considerable environmental sustainability, thus representing an efficient, sustainable, flexible, and light solution. Tandem solar cells represent the next step in the evolution of photovoltaics (PV). They promise higher power conversion efficiency (PCE) than those currently dominating the market. The tandem solar cell design overcomes the limitations of single junction solar cells by reducing the thermal losses as well as the manufacturing costs. Perovskite has been employed as a partner in different kinds of tandem solar cells, such as the Si and CIGS (copper indium gallium selenide) based cells that, in their tandem configuration with perovskite, can convert light more efficiently than standalone sub-cells. This brief review presents the main engineering and scientific challenges in the field. The state-of-the-art three main perovskite tandem technologies, namely perovskite/silicon, perovskite/CIGS, and perovskite/perovskite tandem solar cells, will be discussed, providing a side-by-side comparison of theoretical and experimental efficiencies of multijunction solar cells.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/8/3519tandem solar cellperovskiteorganic solar cellspower conversion efficiency (PCE) |
| spellingShingle | Nour El Islam Boukortt Claudia Triolo Saveria Santangelo Salvatore Patanè All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells: From Certified 25% and Beyond Energies tandem solar cell perovskite organic solar cells power conversion efficiency (PCE) |
| title | All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells: From Certified 25% and Beyond |
| title_full | All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells: From Certified 25% and Beyond |
| title_fullStr | All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells: From Certified 25% and Beyond |
| title_full_unstemmed | All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells: From Certified 25% and Beyond |
| title_short | All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells: From Certified 25% and Beyond |
| title_sort | all perovskite tandem solar cells from certified 25 and beyond |
| topic | tandem solar cell perovskite organic solar cells power conversion efficiency (PCE) |
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