ProtonāRadiation Tolerant AllāPerovskite Multijunction Solar Cells
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Abstract: Radiationāresistant but costāefficient, flexible, and ultralight solar sheets with high specific power (W gā1) are the āholy grailā of the new space revolution, powering private space exploration, lowācost missions, and future habitats on Moon and Mars. Herein, this study investigates an allāperovskite tandem photovoltaic (PV) technology that uses an ultrathin active layer (1.56 Āµm) but offers high power conversion efficiency, and discusses its potential for highāspecificāpower applications. This study demonstrates that allāperovskite 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+ cmā2 where even commercially available radiationāhardened 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 spaceāPV. By contrast, negligible reduction in PL of the individual perovskite subcells even after the highest dose studied is observed. Studying the intensityādependent PL of bare lowāgap and highāgap perovskite absorbers, it is shown that the VOC, fill factor, and efficiency potentials remain identically high after irradiation. Radiation damage of allāperovskite 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
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1614-6840
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German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (03SF0540)
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (0324037C)
Royal Society and Tata Group (UF150033)
Marie SkÅodowskaāCurie (841265)