Photon shifting and trapping in perovskite solar cells for improved efficiency and stability

Sirazul Haque; Miguel Alexandre; António T. Vicente; Kezheng Li; Christian S. Schuster; Sui Yang; Hugo Águas; Rodrigo Martins; Rute A. S. Ferreira; Manuel J. Mendes

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Photon shifting and trapping in perovskite solar cells for improved efficiency and stability

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- Photon shifting and trapping in perovskite solar cells for improved efficiency and stability
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 13, Issue 11, Pages: 2536-2548(2024)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.CENIMAT|i3N, Department of Materials Science, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon and CEMOP/UNINOVA, Campus de Caparica, Caparica, Portugal
  2.Department of Physics and CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
  3.Materials Science and Engineering, School for Engineering of Matter Transport and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
  4.Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
- Author bio：
  
  Sirazul Haque (sirazzakir1@gmail.com)
  Manuel J. Mendes (mj.mendes@fct.unl.pt)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-024-01559-2
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- Received：30 October 2023，
  
  Revised：16 July 2024，
  
  Accepted：2024-07-29，
  
  Published Online：05 September 2024，
  
  Published：30 November 2024
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Haque, S. et al. Photon shifting and trapping in perovskite solar cells for improved efficiency and stability. Light: Science & Applications, 13, 2536-2548 (2024).
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Haque, S. et al. Photon shifting and trapping in perovskite solar cells for improved efficiency and stability. Light: Science & Applications, 13, 2536-2548 (2024). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-024-01559-2.

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Abstract

Advanced light management techniques can enhance the sunlight absorption of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). When located at the front

they may act as a UV barrier

which is paramount for protecting the perovskite layer against UV-enabled degradation. Although it was recently shown that photonic structures such as Escher-like patterns could approach the theoretical Lambertian-limit of light trapping

it remains challenging to also implement UV protection properties for these diffractive structures while maintaining broadband absorption gains. Here

we propose a checkerboard (CB) tile pattern with designated UV photon conversion capability. Through a combined optical and electrical modeling approach

this photonic structure can increase photocurrent and power conversion efficiency in ultrathin PSCs by 25.9% and 28.2%

respectively. We further introduce a luminescent down-shifting encapsulant that converts the UV irradiation into Visible photons matching the solar cell absorption spectrum. To this end

experimentally obtained absorption and emission profiles of state-of-the-art down-shifting materials (i.e.

lanthanide-based organic-inorganic hybrids) are used to predict potential gains from harnessing the UV energy. We demonstrate that at least 94% of the impinging UV radiation can be effectively converted into the Visible spectral range. Photonic protection from high-energy photons contributes to the market deployment of perovskite solar cell technology

and may become crucial for Space applications under AM0 illumination. By combining light trapping with luminescent downshifting layers

this work unravels a potential photonic solution to overcome UV degradation in PSCs while circumventing optical losses in ultrathin cells

thus improving both performance and stability.

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