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Wang J, Cai T, Chen O. Cesium Copper Halide Perovskite Nanocrystal-Based Photon-Managing Devices for Enhanced Ultraviolet Photon Harvesting. Nano Lett 2023; 23:4367-4374. [PMID: 37141490 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
Abstract
Space-based solar power harvesting systems with high levels of specific power (the power produced per mass of the mounted photovoltaic cell) are highly desired. In this study, we synthesized high quality lead-free Cs3Cu2Cl5 perovskite nanodisks with efficient ultraviolet (UV) photon absorption, high photoluminescence quantum yields, and a large Stokes shift, which are suitable to serve as photon energy downshifting emitters in the applications of photon-managing devices especially for space solar power harvesting. To demonstrate this possibility, we have fabricated two types of photon-managing devices, i.e., luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) and luminescent downshifting (LDS) layers. Both experimental results and simulation analyses show that the fabricated LSC and LDS devices exhibit high visible light transmission, low photon scattering and reabsorption energy loss, high UV photon harvesting, and energy conversion after integrating with silicon-based photovoltaic cells. Our research presents a new avenue for utilizing lead-free perovskite nanomaterials in space applications.
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Affiliation(s)
- Junyu Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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Farooq A, Hossain IM, Moghadamzadeh S, Schwenzer JA, Abzieher T, Richards BS, Klampaftis E, Paetzold UW. Spectral Dependence of Degradation under Ultraviolet Light in Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2018; 10:21985-21990. [PMID: 29888902 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b03024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) demonstrate excellent power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) but face severe stability challenges. One key degradation mechanism is exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light. However, the impact of different UV bands is not yet well established. Here, we systematically study the stability of PSCs on the basis of a methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) absorber exposed to (i) 310-317 (UV-B range) and (ii) 360-380 nm (UV-A range), under accelerated conditions. We demonstrate that the investigated UV-B band is detrimental to the stability of PSCs, resulting in PCE degradation by more than 50% after an exposure period >1700 sun-hours. This finding is valid for architectures with a range of electron transport layers, including SnO2, compact-TiO2, electron-beam TiO2, and nanoparticle-TiO2. We also show that photodegradation is apparent for high, as well as for low illumination intensities of UV-B light, but not for illumination with UV-A wavelengths. Finally, we show that degradation of PSCs is preventable at the cost of a small fraction of photocurrent by using UV-filtering or luminescent downshifting layers.
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- Amjad Farooq
- Institute of Microstructure Technology , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 , 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen , Germany
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- Institute of Microstructure Technology , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 , 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen , Germany
- Light Technology Institute , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Engesserstrasse 13 , 76131 Karlsruhe , Germany
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- Light Technology Institute , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Engesserstrasse 13 , 76131 Karlsruhe , Germany
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- Light Technology Institute , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Engesserstrasse 13 , 76131 Karlsruhe , Germany
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- Light Technology Institute , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Engesserstrasse 13 , 76131 Karlsruhe , Germany
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- Institute of Microstructure Technology , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 , 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen , Germany
- Light Technology Institute , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Engesserstrasse 13 , 76131 Karlsruhe , Germany
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- Institute of Microstructure Technology , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 , 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen , Germany
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- Institute of Microstructure Technology , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 , 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen , Germany
- Light Technology Institute , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Engesserstrasse 13 , 76131 Karlsruhe , Germany
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