Do all good things really come in threes? The true potential of 3-terminal perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell strings
| dc.contributor.author | Kikelj, Miha | |
| dc.contributor.author | Senaud, Laurie-Lou | |
| dc.contributor.author | Geissbühler, Jonas | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sahli, Florent | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lachenal, Damien | |
| dc.contributor.author | Baetzner, Derk | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lipovšek, Benjamin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Topič, Marko | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ballif, Christophe | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jeangros, Quentin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Paviet-Salomon, Bertrand | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-07-15T06:00:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-07-15T06:00:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells have now surpassed the 30% efficiency mark, which has led to the acceleration of industrialization efforts. With most research focusing on 2-terminal tandems, we focus our investigation on 3-terminal tandem solar cells, a configuration that promises a higher energy yield under realistic operating conditions. We specifically focus on the simulation of the performance of finite strings of 3-terminal tandem cells interconnected in various voltage-matching configurations. To experimentally validate our string model, we produced, characterized, and modeled a string of twelve 3-terminal perovskite-silicon tandems interconnected in different configurations. The individual tandems of the string have an active area of about 25 cm2 and an efficiency from 24.3% to 27.3% when measured in a 2-terminal configuration. Our findings reveal that 3-terminal tandem strings can outperform their 2-terminal counterparts at the module level already under standard test conditions when selecting a suitable module design (number of cut cells, bifaciality). | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Joule, 8 (3), pp. 852 - 871 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.joule.2024.01.009 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 25424351 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12839/1723 | |
| dc.identifier.url | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2024.01.009 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.title | Do all good things really come in threes? The true potential of 3-terminal perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell strings | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| dc.type.csemdivisions | BU-V | |
| dc.type.csemresearchareas | Solar Cells & Modules |