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Stability, Encapsulation Strategy and Reliability Assessment of Perovskite Solar Cells

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A2: Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2022) | Viewed by 9192

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Solenn Berson

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Department CEA/LITEN, Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LITEN, INES, CEDEX 73375 Le Bourget-du-lac, France
Interests: photovoltaic; perovskite; tandem architecture
Dr. Annalisa Bruno

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Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637553, Singapore
Interests: Perovskites; Perovskite Solar Cells; Perovskite LED; Optical Spectroscopy; Organic Electronics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The Guest Editors are inviting you to submit papers to a Special Issue of Energies on the subject “Stability, Encapsulation Strategy and Reliability Assessment of Perovskite Solar Cells”. Since 2009, perovskite photovoltaics have reached high power conversion efficiencies (PCE), now exceeding  25%. Besides the high PCE demonstrated, this technology still suffers from operational instabilities which affect their potential route to commercialization.
Indeed, to guarantee a wide implementation of the perovskite solar cells maintaining  a competitive Levelized Cost of Energy it is critical to be able to combine long-term stability with high PCE. This Special Issue will welcome, but is not limited to,  works investigating the intrinsic stability (e.g., under temperature, illumination, or electrical stress) of perovskite materials and the architectures, and encapsulation strategies of the Perovskite Solar Cells to maximize the overall long term operational stability.

Dr. Solenn Berson
Dr. Annalisa Bruno
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Photovoltaic
  • Perovskite material
  • Intrinsic stability
  • Encapsulation
  • Outdoor testing
  • Tandem architecture
  • Thin film technology

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Plasma-Deposited Fluorocarbon Coatings on Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite Films
by Vincenza Armenise, Silvia Colella, Antonella Milella, Fabio Palumbo, Francesco Fracassi and Andrea Listorti
Energies 2022, 15(13), 4512; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15134512 - 21 Jun 2022
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Metal halide perovskites are excellent semiconductors materials that can be exploited in many fields, from the vastly explored photovoltaics to the recent applications in photocatalysis. One of the material’s known limitations is the poor resistance to moisture which induces degradation, triggered by the [...] Read more.
Metal halide perovskites are excellent semiconductors materials that can be exploited in many fields, from the vastly explored photovoltaics to the recent applications in photocatalysis. One of the material’s known limitations is the poor resistance to moisture which induces degradation, triggered by the soft and defective nature of its surface. In this study, we explore non-equilibrium plasmas, to deposit a fluorocarbon polymer on the surface of a MAPbI3 film. We found that the treatment generally enhances the film stability over time, and in certain conditions it improves the perovskite optical properties, demonstrating to be a good strategy aiming defects passivation. Thanks to the solvent-free and non-invasive nature of plasmas, this technique has the potential to be extensively applied to a wide range of perovskite materials targeting different applications. Full article
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Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon-Heterojunction Tandem Solar Cells with Nanocrystalline Si/SiOx Tunnel Junction
by Lucia V. Mercaldo, Eugenia Bobeico, Antonella De Maria, Marco Della Noce, Manuela Ferrara, Vera La Ferrara, Laura Lancellotti, Gabriella Rametta, Gennaro V. Sannino, Iurie Usatii and Paola Delli Veneri
Energies 2021, 14(22), 7684; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14227684 - 17 Nov 2021
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Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells have strong potential for high efficiency and low cost photovoltaics. In monolithic (two-terminal) configurations, one key element is the interconnection region of the two subcells, which should be designed for optimal light management and prevention of parasitic p/n junctions. [...] Read more.
Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells have strong potential for high efficiency and low cost photovoltaics. In monolithic (two-terminal) configurations, one key element is the interconnection region of the two subcells, which should be designed for optimal light management and prevention of parasitic p/n junctions. We investigated monolithic perovskite/silicon-heterojunction (SHJ) tandem solar cells with a p/n nanocrystalline silicon/silicon-oxide recombination junction for improved infrared light management. This design can additionally provide for resilience to shunts and simplified cell processing. We probed modified SHJ solar cells, made from double-side polished n-type Si wafers, which included the proposed front-side p/n tunnel junction with the p-type film simultaneously functioning as selective charge transport layer for the SHJ bottom cell, trying different thicknesses for the n-type layer. Full tandem devices were then tested, by applying a planar n-i-p mixed-cation mixed-halide perovskite top cell, fabricated via low temperature solution methods to be compatible with the processed Si wafer. We demonstrate the feasibility of this tandem cell configuration over a 1 cm2 area with negligible J-V hysteresis and a VOC ~1.8 V, matching the sum of the VOC-s contributed by the two components. Full article
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Investigation of Opto-Electronic Properties and Stability of Mixed-Cation Mixed-Halide Perovskite Materials with Machine-Learning Implementation
by Nicolae Filipoiu, Tudor Luca Mitran, Dragos Victor Anghel, Mihaela Florea, Ioana Pintilie, Andrei Manolescu and George Alexandru Nemnes
Energies 2021, 14(17), 5431; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14175431 - 1 Sep 2021
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The feasibility of mixed-cation mixed-halogen perovskites of formula AxA’1−xPbXyX’zX”3−y−z is analyzed from the perspective of structural stability, opto-electronic properties and possible degradation mechanisms. Using density functional theory (DFT) [...] Read more.
The feasibility of mixed-cation mixed-halogen perovskites of formula AxA’1−xPbXyX’zX”3−y−z is analyzed from the perspective of structural stability, opto-electronic properties and possible degradation mechanisms. Using density functional theory (DFT) calculations aided by machine-learning (ML) methods, the structurally stable compositions are further evaluated for the highest absorption and optimal stability. Here, the role of the halogen mixtures is demonstrated in tuning the contrasting trends of optical absorption and stability. Similarly, binary organic cation mixtures are found to significantly influence the degradation, while they have a lesser, but still visible effect on the opto-electronic properties. The combined framework of high-throughput calculations and ML techniques such as the linear regression methods, random forests and artificial neural networks offers the necessary grounds for an efficient exploration of multi-dimensional compositional spaces. Full article
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