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A. Optimization of Organic Tandem Solar Cells
B. Optimization of Perovskite-Silicon Concatemers
- Introduction
- Numerical simulation method
- result
Introduction
Designing multijunction solar cells requires optimization of numerous structural and compositional parameters, such as the bandgap and layer thickness of the component materials, as well as the tandem interlayer design in the more industrially relevant monolithic tandem devices. Numerical device simulations can provide instrumental insights for determining optimal multilayer configurations. In organic tandem devices, while optical simulations of thin-film layer stacks are routinely used, simulations of complete optoelectronic devices including recombination junctions formed in the interlayer region are uncommon. In the case of perovskite-silicon tandems , the widespread use of silicon heterojunction technology is characterized by the combination of large-scale textures and thin-film contact layers, but the specificity of perovskite materials in terms of ion transport effects also gives this Optical and electrical simulation of multijunction devices presents challenges.
We address the above challenges using an integrated optoelectronic device simulation framework designed for numerical optimization of organic solar cells and light-emitting devices. Electrical excitation of all-organic tandem devices is achieved by a novel hopping transport model describing charge transfer at the organic-organic interface . On the other hand, full-textured peroxide-silicon tandem (optical) optimization is achieved by combining light scattering models at the silicon texture and wave propagation models in thin-film silicon and peroxide layers into a dedicated multiscale simulation framework realized.
Figure 1. (a) Layer stack and energy level structure of a high-efficiency organic tandem solar cell. (b) SEM image of a hybrid tandem solar cell structure with a peroxide top absorber layer conformally deposited on both side textured silicon heterojunction solar cells.
Numerical simulation method
For the simulation of complex tandem solar cell devices, transport models of charge carriers and excitons need to be combined with a multiscale framework for optical simulations of quasi-one-dimensional structures. </