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Vol. 15 (2023)

Stress and Strain in Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01019-3
Kong Liu
Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science (CAS), Beijing Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China
Zhijie Wang
Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science (CAS), Beijing Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China
Shengchun Qu
Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science (CAS), Beijing Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China
Liming Ding
Center for Excellence in Nanoscience (CAS), Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication (CAS), National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Liming Ding

ding@nanoctr.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 15 (2023), Article Number: 59

Abstract

Tandem solar cells based on metal halide perovskites are advancing rapidly during last few years [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17]. The certified power conversion efficiency (PCE) for monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell reaches 32.5% [18]. Since tandem solar cells contain more layers than single-junction solar cells, stress/strain control is an issue during fabrication and further practical operation. The stress can not only affect the stability of the perovskite layer but also change the optoelectronic properties of the films [19,20,21,22,23].

Liu, Kong, Zhijie Wang, Shengchun Qu, and Liming Ding. 2023. “Stress and Strain in Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells”. Nano-Micro Letters 15 (March):59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01019-3.
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