Radiation effects on the performance of flexible perovskite solar cells for space applications

Malinkiewicz, Olga; Imaizumi, Mitsuru; Sapkota, Subarna B.; Ohshima, Takeshi; Öz, Senol

doi:10.1007/s42247-020-00071-8

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“…The perovskites demonstrated remarkable radiation resistance, often better than for the substrate and significantly better than for silicon, partially attributed the perovskites self-healing ability. [14][15][16][17] Boldyreva et.al. studied a large number of hybrid organic-inorganic and inorganic perovskites composition under up to 500 kRad of 662 keV gamma rays.…”

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confidence: 99%

X-ray stability and degradation mechanism of lead halide perovskites and lead halides

Svanström

García‐Fernández

Sloboda

et al. 2021

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.

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X-ray stability and degradation mechanism of lead halide perovskites and lead halides

Svanström

García‐Fernández

Sloboda

et al. 2021

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.

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“…Malinkiewicz et al. performed a proton irradiance test and analyzed the performance of PET/ITO/PEDOT : PSS/perovskite/PCBM/BCP/Ag device for space application [207] . In this study, the flexible solar cells showed good radiation tolerance without the formation of color centers which shows the promise of fPSCs to be applied for space applications.…”

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Progress in Materials Development for Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells and Future Prospects

2020

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The perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have emerged as an established technology during the last decade, with the record efficiency of such solar cells having increased from 3.8 % to 25.5 %. Recently, flexible perovskite solar cells (fPSCs) have received much attention from the academic and the industrial communities, owing to their potential for various niche applications, including portable electronics, wearable power sources, electronic textiles, and large‐scale industrial roofing. fPSCs are lightweight, bendable, and suitable for roll‐to‐roll industrial production and can be integrated easily over any surface. This Review discusses the recent development of materials for fPSCs based on various flexible substrates, including plastic, metal, and other flexible substrates, as well as fiber‐shaped perovskite solar cells, with a focus on the device structure, material selection for each layer, mechanical flexibility and the environmental stability of the fPSC devices. Finally, future applications and the outlook for fPSCs are also discussed.

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“…Novel approaches under development use an epitaxial lift‐off process to fabricate AlGaP/GaAs/InGaAs (III–V 3J) solar cells [ 5,6 ] with a specific power of ≈1.7 W g −1 , but their costs are still prohibitive for more ubiquitous use in lower‐cost space applications. More cost‐efficient single junction thin‐film technologies based on a‐Si, [ 7 ] Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 [ 8 ] (CIGS), CdTe, [ 9 ] perovskite, [ 10–17 ] and organic [ 10,11 ] absorbers have been developed and tested for space applications but exhibit lower efficiencies compared to multijunction technologies. Recently, we have therefore tested perovskite/CIGS and perovskite/Si tandem solar cells for their ability to withstand the harsh radiation environment in space.…”

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“…Herein, we assess all‐perovskite tandem PV technologies in a two‐terminal monolithic architecture for their radiation tolerance using high energy proton irradiation that mimics the radiation environment in space. Unlike perovskite single junction technologies that use only the most compositionally stable perovskite compositions that are known to be radiation hard, [ 10–17 ] all‐perovskite tandem PV technologies rely on tailored low‐ and high‐bandgap perovskite subcells. Because of the high required bromine and tin contents, which could enable halide segregation and oxidation as additional degradation pathways in the two materials, these perovskite compositions have not yet been proposed or tested for space applications.…”

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Proton‐Radiation Tolerant All‐Perovskite Multijunction Solar Cells

Lang

Eperon

Frohna

et al. 2021

Advanced Energy Materials

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Radiation‐resistant but cost‐efficient, flexible, and ultralight solar sheets with high specific power (W g−1) are the “holy grail” of the new space revolution, powering private space exploration, low‐cost missions, and future habitats on Moon and Mars. Herein, this study investigates an all‐perovskite tandem photovoltaic (PV) technology that uses an ultrathin active layer (1.56 µm) but offers high power conversion efficiency, and discusses its potential for high‐specific‐power applications. This study demonstrates that all‐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+ cm−2 where even commercially available radiation‐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 space‐PV. By contrast, negligible reduction in PL of the individual perovskite subcells even after the highest dose studied is observed. Studying the intensity‐dependent PL of bare low‐gap and high‐gap perovskite absorbers, it is shown that the VOC, fill factor, and efficiency potentials remain identically high after irradiation. Radiation damage of all‐perovskite tandems thus has a fundamentally different origin to traditional space PV.

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Radiation effects on the performance of flexible perovskite solar cells for space applications

Cited by 37 publications

References 48 publications

X-ray stability and degradation mechanism of lead halide perovskites and lead halides

X-ray stability and degradation mechanism of lead halide perovskites and lead halides

Progress in Materials Development for Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells and Future Prospects

Proton‐Radiation Tolerant All‐Perovskite Multijunction Solar Cells

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