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Title: | Scalable perovskite/CIGS thin-film solar module with power conversion efficiency of 17.8% | Authors: | Paetzold, U. W. Jaysankar, M. Gehlhaar, R. Ahlswede, E. Paetel, S. Qiu, Weisheng Bastos, J. Rakocevic, L. Richards, B. S. AERNOUTS, Tom Powalla, M. POORTMANS, Jef |
Issue Date: | 2017 | Publisher: | ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY | Source: | JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 5(20), p. 9897-9906 | Abstract: | All-thin film perovskite/CIGS multijunction solar modules, combining a semi-transparent perovskite top solar module stacked on a CIGS bottom solar module, are a promising route to surpass the efficiency limits of single-junction thin-film solar modules. In this work, we present a scalable thin-film perovskite/CIGS photovoltaic module with an area of 3.76 cm(2) and a power conversion efficiency of 17.8%. Our prototype outperforms both the record single-junction perovskite solar module of the same area as well as the reference CIGS solar module. The presented perovskite/CIGS thin-film multijunction solar module makes use of the "4-terminal architecture", which stacks the perovskite solar module in superstrate configuration on top of the CIGS solar module in substrate configuration. Both submodules apply a scalable interconnection scheme that can accommodate scale-up towards square meter scale thin-film multijunction solar modules. In order to identify the future potential of the presented stacked perovskite/CIGS thin-film solar module, we quantify the various losses in the presented prototype and identify the key challenges of this technology towards very high power conversion efficiencies. | Notes: | [Paetzold, U. W.; Jaysankar, M.; Gehlhaar, R.; Qiu, W.; Bastos, J.; Rakocevic, L.; Aernouts, T.; Poortmans, J.] Imec Partner Solliance, Kapeldreef 75, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium. [Paetzold, U. W.; Richards, B. S.] Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Inst Microstruct Technol, D-76344 Eggenstein Leopoldshafen, Germany. [Ahlswede, E.; Paetel, S.; Richards, B. S.; Powalla, M.] Zentrum Sonnenenergie & Wasserstoff Forsch Baden, Ind Str 6, D-70565 Stuttgart, Germany. [Paetzold, U. W.; Powalla, M.] Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Light Technol Inst, Engesserstr 13, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany. [Jaysankar, M.; Bastos, J.; Rakocevic, L.; Poortmans, J.] Katholieke Univ Leuven, ESAT Electa, Kardinaal Mercierlaan, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium. [Qiu, W.] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Dept Mat Engn MTM, Kasteelpk Arenberg 44, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium. [Poortmans, J.] Hasselt Univ, Wetenschapspk 1, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/24237 | ISSN: | 2050-7488 | e-ISSN: | 2050-7496 | DOI: | 10.1039/c7ta01651d | ISI #: | 000401930100050 | Rights: | This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2017 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2018 |
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