Proton Radiation Tolerance of Wide and Narrow Band Gap Perovskite Solar Cells

Brandon Durant; Hadi Afshari; Shashi Sourabh; Vishal Yeddu; Matthew Bamidele; Satyabrata Singh; Bibhudutta Rout; Giles Eperon; Do Kim; Ian Sellers

doi:10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518848

Proton Radiation Tolerance of Wide and Narrow Band Gap Perovskite Solar Cells

Brandon Durant, Hadi Afshari, Shashi Sourabh, Vishal Yeddu, Matthew Bamidele, Satyabrata Singh, Bibhudutta Rout, Giles Eperon, Do Kim, Ian Sellers

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Two different single junction mixed organic-inorganic halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) were assessed for their tolerance to high energy proton radiation. Both the narrow band gap mixed tin-lead iodide and wide band gap lead iodide-bromide show remarkable tolerance for fluences up to 1x10 11 p/cm 2 . Both materials show a retention of open circuit voltage and decrease in dark current densities indicating minimal effect on SRH recombination that typically plagues traditional III-V based solar cells. Additionally, a control device that was processed without the perovskite absorber layer showed better diode characteristics and lower dark current densities after proton irradiation. The tolerance of these perovskite as a class of materials is promising for multijunction tandem flexible photovoltaic devices.

Original language	American English
Pages	1111-1114
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518848
State	Published - 2021
Event	2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) - Duration: 20 Jun 2021 → 25 Jun 2021

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Conference	2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC)
Period	20/06/21 → 25/06/21

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NREL/CP-5900-81129

Keywords

perovskite
proton
radiation effects
radiation tolerance
space

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Proton Radiation Tolerance of Wide and Narrow Band Gap Perovskite Solar Cells

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