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

Chemistry and Nanoscience

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Abstract

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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