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Protonā€Radiation Tolerant Allā€Perovskite Multijunction Solar Cells

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Peer-reviewed

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Authors

Eperon, Giles E. 
Frohna, Kyle 
Tennyson, Elizabeth M. 
Alā€Ashouri, Amran 

Abstract

Abstract: Radiationā€resistant but costā€efficient, flexible, and ultralight solar sheets with high specific power (W gāˆ’1) are the ā€œholy grailā€ of the new space revolution, powering private space exploration, lowā€cost missions, and future habitats on Moon and Mars. Herein, this study investigates an allā€perovskite tandem photovoltaic (PV) technology that uses an ultrathin active layer (1.56 Āµm) but offers high power conversion efficiency, and discusses its potential for highā€specificā€power applications. This study demonstrates that allā€perovskite tandems possess a high tolerance to the harsh radiation environment in space. The tests under 68 MeV proton irradiation show negligible degradation (<6%) at a dose of 1013 p+ cmāˆ’2 where even commercially available radiationā€hardened space PV degrade >22%. Using high spatial resolution photoluminescence (PL) microscopy, it is revealed that defect clusters in GaAs are responsible for the degradation of current spaceā€PV. By contrast, negligible reduction in PL of the individual perovskite subcells even after the highest dose studied is observed. Studying the intensityā€dependent PL of bare lowā€gap and highā€gap perovskite absorbers, it is shown that the VOC, fill factor, and efficiency potentials remain identically high after irradiation. Radiation damage of allā€perovskite tandems thus has a fundamentally different origin to traditional space PV.

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Funder: European Research Council; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000781


Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000266


Funder: European Union's Horizon 2020

Keywords

Research Article, Research Articles, allā€perovskite tandem photovoltaics, protonā€irradiation, radiation hardness, solar cells, space photovoltaics

Journal Title

Advanced Energy Materials

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Journal ISSN

1614-6832
1614-6840

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Sponsorship
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (756962)
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (03SF0540)
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (0324037C)
Royal Society and Tata Group (UF150033)
Marie Skłodowskaā€Curie (841265)