Authors
Jinhui Tong, Zhaoning Song, Dong Hoe Kim, Xihan Chen, Cong Chen, Axel F Palmstrom, Paul F Ndione, Matthew O Reese, Sean P Dunfield, Obadiah G Reid, Jun Liu, Fei Zhang, Steven P Harvey, Zhen Li, Steven T Christensen, Glenn Teeter, Dewei Zhao, Mowafak M Al-Jassim, Maikel FAM Van Hest, Matthew C Beard, Sean E Shaheen, Joseph J Berry, Yanfa Yan, Kai Zhu
Publication date
2019/5/3
Journal
Science
Volume
364
Issue
6439
Pages
475-479
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Description
All-perovskite–based polycrystalline thin-film tandem solar cells have the potential to deliver efficiencies of >30%. However, the performance of all-perovskite–based tandem devices has been limited by the lack of high-efficiency, low–band gap tin-lead (Sn-Pb) mixed-perovskite solar cells (PSCs). We found that the addition of guanidinium thiocyanate (GuaSCN) resulted in marked improvements in the structural and optoelectronic properties of Sn-Pb mixed, low–band gap (~1.25 electron volt) perovskite films. The films have defect densities that are lower by a factor of 10, leading to carrier lifetimes of greater than 1 microsecond and diffusion lengths of 2.5 micrometers. These improved properties enable our demonstration of >20% efficient low–band gap PSCs. When combined with wider–band gap PSCs, we achieve 25% efficient four-terminal and 23.1% efficient two-terminal all-perovskite–based polycrystalline thin …
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