Scalable processing for realizing 21.7%-efficient all-perovskite tandem solar modules.

Challenges in fabricating all-perovskite tandem solar cells as modules rather than as single-junction configurations include growing high-quality wide-bandgap perovskites and mitigating irreversible degradation caused by halide and metal interdiffusion at the interconnecting contacts. We demonstrate efficient all-perovskite tandem solar modules using scalable fabrication techniques. By systematically tuning the cesium ratio of a methylammonium-free 1.

Optical design considerations of rear-side dielectric for higher efficiency of PERC solar cells.

Higher reflectance of the rear-side dielectric stack, at the wavelength of the laser source used for ablation, reduces laser-induced damage and improves the open-circuit voltage of PERC silicon solar cells. The understanding of this correlation increases the working window of cost-effective nanosecond laser ablation of the rear-side dielectric for higher-efficiency industrial PERC-like solar cells.

High-efficiency si/polymer hybrid solar cells based on synergistic surface texturing of Si nanowires on pyramids.

An efficient Si/PEDOT:PSS hybrid solar cell using synergistic surface texturing of Si nanowires (SiNWs) on pyramids is demonstrated. A power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 9.9% is achieved from the cells using the SiNW/pyramid binary structure, which is much higher than similar cells based on planar Si, pyramid-textured Si, and SiNWs.

Si nanowires organic semiconductor hybrid heterojunction solar cells toward 10% efficiency.

High-efficiency hybrid solar cells are fabricated using a simple approach of spin coating a transparent hole transporting organic small molecule, 2,2',7,7'-Tetrakis-(N,N-di-4-methoxyphenylamino)-9,9'-spirobifluorene (Spiro-OMeTAD) on silicon nanowires (SiNWs) arrays prepared by electroless chemical etching. The characteristics of the hybrid cells are investigated as a function of SiNWs length from 0.15 to 5 μm.