Hot-carrier phenomenon in perovskite solar cells under white light emitting diode

Abstract

Abstract Hot-carrier solar cells offer the potential for enhanced power conversion efficiency by tapping into the kinetic energy of hot carriers generated upon sunlight absorption. This involves using specially designed materials capable of efficiently extracting and utilizing the energy of these hot carriers to produce electrical power. Here, we observed such a hot carrier effect in hexamine doped methylammonium lead triiodide perovskite solar cells when exposed to 100 mW/cm2 of 5000 K white LED light. We discovered that these perovskite solar cells exhibited remarkable power conversion efficiency, reaching up to 54.22% with the Voc (open-circuit voltage) and Jsc (short-circuit current density) values were measured at 1.10 V and 54 mA/cm2, respectively. In comparison, under similar conditions but using a solar simulator, the power conversion efficiency remained below 20%. Our results suggest that the high PCE under white LED irradiation is due to the fine resonance between the light energy and perovskite band gap energy, enabling long carrier lifetime and then allowing massive photovoltaics process. These findings highlight the alternative to achieve hot carrier’s perovskite solar cells and efficient energy generation by converting light energy into the wavelength match with the perovskite materials absorber energy band gap.

Keywords

• Hot carrier
• Humid stable perovskite
• Air-processable perovskite
• Hexamine
• LED illumination
• In-door photovoltaics