Low-bandgap Sn–Pb perovskite solar cells

Rui He; Chuantian Zuo; Shengqiang Ren; Dewei Zhao; Liming Ding

doi:10.1088/1674-4926/42/6/060202

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Low-bandgap Sn–Pb perovskite solar cells

Rui He¹, Chuantian Zuo², Shengqiang Ren^1,, Dewei Zhao^1, and Liming Ding^2,

+ Author Affiliations

1. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Engineering Research Center of Alternative Energy Materials & Devices (MoE), Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
2. Center for Excellence in Nanoscience (CAS), Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication (CAS), National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China

Author Bio:

Rui He is a PhD candidate under the supervision of Prof. Dewei Zhao in College of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University. His research focuses on perovskite solar cells.

Chuantian Zuo received his PhD degree in 2018 from National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (CAS) under the supervision of Professor Liming Ding. Then he did postdoctoral research in CSIRO, Australia. Currently, he is an assistant professor in Liming Ding Group. His research focuses on innovative materials and devices.

Shengqiang Ren is a postdoc in College of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University. He received his BS and PhD from Sichuan University in 2015 and 2019, respectively. His research focuses on optoelectronic materials and devices.

Dewei Zhao received his PhD from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2011. Since 2012, he worked as a postdoc at University of Michigan and University of Florida and as a research assistant professor in Prof. Yanfa Yan’s group at University of Toledo. Currently, he is a professor at Sichuan University. His research focuses on organic/inorganic hybrid optoelectronic devices, such as thin-film solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and photodetectors.

Liming Ding got his PhD from University of Science and Technology of China (was a joint student at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS). He started his research on OSCs and PLEDs in Olle Ingan?s Lab in 1998. Later on, he worked at National Center for Polymer Research, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Argonne National Lab (USA). He joined Konarka as a Senior Scientist in 2008. In 2010, he joined National Center for Nanoscience and Technology as a full professor. His research focuses on functional materials and devices. He is RSC Fellow, the nominator for Xplorer Prize, and the Associate Editors for Science Bulletin and Journal of Semiconductors.

Corresponding author: Shengqiang Ren, rensq@scu.edu.cn; Dewei Zhao, dewei.zhao@scu.edu.cn; Liming Ding, ding@nanoctr.cn

DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/42/6/060202

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Fig. 1. (Color online) (a) Schematic illustration of antioxidation and defect passivation by FSA at grain surfaces (including film surface and grain boundary) in mixed Pb–Sn perovskite films. A-site represents the site of monovalent cations. (b) PL imaging and (c) zoomed-in micro-PL mapping for the control and FSA-containing films on glass substrates (size 2.5 × 2.5 cm²). The colour bars stand for the normalized PL intensity. Reproduced with permission^[15], Copyright 2020, Nature Publishing Group.

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Fig. 2. (Color online) (a) Schematic illustration for the two-step bilayer interdiffusion growth process. (b) Maximum power point (MPP) tracking on a FA_0.85MA_0.1Cs_0.05Sn_0.5Pb_0.5I₃ solar cell and a 2-T all-perovskite tandem solar cell with encapsulation measured in air under simulated AM 1.5G illumination. Reproduced with permission^[16], Copyright 2020, Nature Publishing Group.

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[1]	Best research-cell efficiency chart. Available from: https://www.nrel.gov/pv/cell-efficiency.html
[2]	Shockley W, Queisser H J. Detailed balance limit of efficiency of p-n junction solar cells. J Appl Phys, 1961, 32, 510 doi: 10.1063/1.1736034
[3]	Kojima A, Teshima K, Shirai Y, et al. Organometal halide perovskites as visible-light sensitizers for photovoltaic cells. J Am Chem Soc, 2009, 131, 6050 doi: 10.1021/ja809598r
[4]	Eperon G E, Leijtens T, Bush K A, et al. Perovskite-perovskite tandem photovoltaics with optimized band gaps. Science, 2016, 354, 861 doi: 10.1126/science.aaf9717
[5]	Zhao D, Ding L. All-perovskite tandem structures shed light on thin-film photovoltaics. Sci Bull, 2020, 65, 1144 doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2020.04.013
[6]	He R, Chen T, Xuan Z, et al. Efficient wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells enabled by doping a bromine-rich molecule. Nanophotonics, 2021, in press doi: 10.1515/nanoph-2020-0634
[7]	Zhao D, Wang C, Song Z, et al. Four-terminal all-perovskite tandem solar cells achieving power conversion efficiencies exceeding 23%. ACS Energy Lett, 2018, 3, 305 doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.7b01287
[8]	Tong J, Song Z, Kim D H, et al. Carrier lifetimes of > 1 μs in Sn-Pb perovskites enable efficient all-perovskite tandem solar cells. Science, 2019, 364, 475 doi: 10.1126/science.aav7911
[9]	Wan Z, Lai H, Ren S, et al. Interfacial engineering in lead-free tin-based perovskite solar cells. J Energy Chem, 2020, 57, 147 doi: 10.1016/j.jechem.2020.08.053
[10]	Wang C, Song Z, Li C, et al. Low-bandgap mixed tin-lead perovskites and their applications in all-perovskite tandem solar cells. Adv Funct Mater, 2019, 29, 1808801 doi: 10.1002/adfm.201808801
[11]	Zhao D, Yu Y, Wang C, et al. Low-bandgap mixed tin-lead iodide perovskite absorbers with long carrier lifetimes for all-perovskite tandem solar cells. Nat Energy, 2017, 2, 17018 doi: 10.1038/nenergy.2017.18
[12]	Zhao D, Chen C, Wang C, et al. Efficient two-terminal all-perovskite tandem solar cells enabled by high-quality low-bandgap absorber layers. Nat Energy, 2018, 3, 1093 doi: 10.1038/s41560-018-0278-x
[13]	Li C, Song Z, Zhao D, et al. Reducing saturation-current density to realize high-efficiency low-bandgap mixed tin-lead halide perovskite solar cells. Adv Energy Mater, 2019, 9, 1803135 doi: 10.1002/aenm.201803135
[14]	Lin R, Xiao K, Qin Z, et al. Monolithic all-perovskite tandem solar cells with 24.8% efficiency exploiting comproportionation to suppress Sn(II) oxidation in precursor ink. Nat Energy, 2019, 4, 864 doi: 10.1038/s41560-019-0466-3
[15]	Xiao K, Lin R, Han Q, et al. All-perovskite tandem solar cells with 24.2% certified efficiency and area over 1 cm² using surface-anchoring zwitterionic antioxidant. Nat Energy, 2020, 5, 870 doi: 10.1038/s41560-020-00705-5
[16]	Li C, Song Z, Chen C, et al. Low-bandgap mixed tin-lead iodide perovskites with reduced methylammonium for simultaneous enhancement of solar cell efficiency and stability. Nat Energy, 2020, 5, 768 doi: 10.1038/s41560-020-00692-7
[17]	Savill K J, Ulatowski A M, Farrar M D, et al. Impact of tin fluoride additive on the properties of mixed tin-lead iodide perovskite semiconductors. Adv Funct Mater, 2020, 30, 2005594 doi: 10.1002/adfm.202005594
[18]	Ren A, Lai H, Hao X, et al. Efficient perovskite solar modules with minimized nonradiative recombination and local carrier transport losses. Joule, 2020, 4, 1263 doi: 10.1016/j.joule.2020.04.013