Toward up-scaling the four-terminal all-perovskite tandem solar modules on flexible substrates

Multijunction all-perovskite solar cells hold a great promise for reaching record high power conversion efficiency values. Additionally, the employment of flexible substrates provides attractive new functionalities, opening many new commercial exploitation routes. The present state-of-the-art of the flexible perovskite tandem devices is limited to very small areas and non-scalable fabrication methods. Here, the development of large-area blade-coating of wide- and narrow-bandgap perovskite photoactive layers on flexible substrates is reported. Optimized sub-junctions are assembled into the 4-terminal tandem solar modules, delivering 15.3% efficiency for the 50 cm(2) active area. Applied surface modification strategies and interfacial engineering for both perovskite sub-modules, together with the robust flexible encapsulation, delivers promising reliability results, achieved in different indoor and outdoor aging tests. (C) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Multijunction all-perovskite solar cells have great potential for achieving record high power conversion efficiency values, especially when using flexible substrates that provide new commercial exploitation routes. The current state-of-the-art for flexible perovskite tandem devices is limited to small areas and non-scalable fabrication methods. This study reports the development of large-area blade-coating of wide- and narrow-bandgap perovskite photoactive layers on flexible substrates, achieving high efficiency and promising reliability.