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An inverted perovskite cell with 22.3% efficiency

Saudi researchers have developed a cell which is said to exhibit improved structural and optoelectronic properties as well as enhanced carrier mobility and diffusion lengths. The feat was achieved by reducing voltage losses using a new passivation technique.

Source:Pv magazine

Researchers at Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) claim to have improved the performance of solar cells based on inverted perovskites.

That type of cell has a device structure known as “p-i-n”, in which hole-selective contact p is at the bottom of intrinsic perovskite layer i with electron transport layer n at the top. Conventional halide perovskite cells have the same structure but reversed – a “n-i-p” layout.

In n-i-p architecture, the solar cell is illuminated through the electron-transport layer (ETL) side; in the p-i-n structure, it is illuminated through the hole‐transport layer (HTL) surface.

Longer durability, lower efficiency

The KAUST team said, although inverted perovskite solar cells have longer operating lifetimes than regular perovskites they are also known to demonstrate lower conversion efficiencies.

To address the problem, the researchers added alkylamine ligands (AALs) with different chain lengths as grain and interface modifiers to the perovskite precursor solution. The resulting perovskite film, the scientists said, showed improved structural and optoelectronic properties, as well as enhanced carrier mobility and diffusion lengths. “These translate into a certified, stabilized power conversion efficiency of 22.3%,” the researchers wrote.

Fewer voltage losses

The researchers said their cell operated without efficiency loss for more than 1,000 hours at its maximum power point under simulated AM1.5 illumination. The AM1.5 global spectrum is designed for flat-plate modules and has an integrated power of 1000 W/m2 (100 mW/cm2).

The reduction in voltage loss was the decisive factor behind the improved efficiency recorded, said the KAUST team. “Further research for suitable passivating species and deeper understanding of the passivation mechanisms are needed,” added the researchers.

The solar cell was presented in the study Managing grains and interfaces via ligand anchoring enables 22.3%-efficiency inverted perovskite solar cells, published in Nature.

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