23.6%-efficient monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with improved stability

Nature Energy Springer Nature 2:4 (2017) 17009

Authors:

Kevin A Bush, Axel F Palmstrom, Zhengshan J Yu, Mathieu Boccard, Rongrong Cheacharoen, Jonathan P Mailoa, David P McMeekin, Robert LZ Hoye, Colin D Bailie, Tomas Leijtens, Ian Marius Peters, Maxmillian C Minichetti, Nicholas Rolston, Rohit Prasanna, Sarah Sofia, Duncan Harwood, Wen Ma, Farhad Moghadam, Henry J Snaith, Tonio Buonassisi, Zachary C Holman, Stacey F Bent, Michael D McGehee

Dopant-free planar n-i-p perovskite solar cells with steady-state efficiencies exceeding 18%

ACS Energy Letters American Chemical Society 2:3 (2017) 622-628

Authors:

Severin Habisreutinger, Bernard Wenger, Henry J Snaith, Robin J Nicholas

Abstract:

In this Letter, we demonstrate a planar n鈥搃鈥損 perovskite solar cell design with a steady-state efficiency of up to 18.8% in the absence of any electronic dopants. In the device stack, solution-processed SnO2 is used as an electron-accepting n-type layer. The absorber layer is a perovskite with both mixed organic A-site cations and mixed halides (FA0.83MA0.17Pb(I0.83Br0.17)3). The hole-transporting p-type layer is a double-layer structure of polymer-wrapped single-walled carbon nanotubes and undoped spiro-OMeTAD. We show that this approach can deliver steady-state efficiencies as high as and even higher than those of traditionally doped spiro-OMeTAD, providing a pathway for dopant-free perovskite solar cells crucial for long-term stability.

Efficient and Air-Stable Mixed-Cation Lead Mixed-Halide Perovskite Solar Cells with n-Doped Organic Electron Extraction Layers.

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 29:5 (2017)

Authors:

Z Wang, DP McMeekin, N Sakai, S van Reenen, K Wojciechowski, JB Patel, MB Johnston, HJ Snaith

Abstract:

Air-stable doping of the n-type fullerene layer in an n-i-p planar heterojunction perovskite device is capable of enhancing device efficiency and improving device stability. Employing a (HC(NH2 )2 )0.83 Cs0.17 Pb(I0.6 Br0.4 )3 perovskite as the photoactive layer, glass-glass laminated devices are reported, which sustain 80% of their "post burn-in" efficiency over 3400 h under full sun illumination in ambient conditions.

Influence of Interface Morphology on Hysteresis in Vapor-Deposited Perovskite Solar Cells

ADVANCED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS 3:2 (2017) ARTN 1600470

Authors:

JB Patel, J Wong-Leung, S Van Reenen, N Sakai, JTW Wang, ES Parrott, M Liu, HJ Snaith, LM Herz, MB Johnston

Near-neutral-colored semitransparent perovskite films using a combination of colloidal self-assembly and plasma etching

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells Elsevier 160 (2017) 193-202

Authors:

Lijing Zhang, Maximilian T H枚rantner, Wei Zhang, Qingfeng Yan, Henry J Snaith