Abstract:
CsPbI
3 perovskites with suitable bandgaps ∼1.70 eV present distinct advantages for top-cell photovoltaic materials in tandem solar cells, however, relevant work has been rarely reported. This work designed a sandwich-like MoO
X/Ag/MoO
X (MAM) buffer layer as the front cell window layer to maximize incident light utilization efficiency for semi-transparent CsPbI
3 solar cells and four terminal (4-T) stacked cells. Further investigation revealed that the MAM has to experience
in-situ reaction between Ag metal and fresh MoO
X, which can simultaneously ensure the transparency of the buffer layer and improve the carrier transportation and collection, except for protecting the underlying spiro-OMeTAD layer from the bombardment of magnetron sputtering. Thanks to this MAM buffer layer and a tunnel oxide passivating contact (TOPCon) bottom cell with edge passivation, semi-transparent CsPbI
3 devices (aperture area: 0.50 cm
2) demonstrated a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 18.86% while corresponding 4-T CsPbI
3/TOPCon tandem solar cells (PSTSCs) presented the PCE of 26.55%. Besides, we also fabricated semi-transparent CsPbI
3 minimodules with 16.67% PCE and 4-T PSTSCs with 26.41% PCE (aperture area: 6.62 cm
2). This work provided a new scalable strategy for transparent buffer layers by constructing
in-situ generated sandwich structured buffer layer, which is suitable for perovskite tandem solar cells.