TY - JOUR
T1 - Perovskite Solar Cells
T2 - Stable under Space Conditions
AU - Pérez-del-Rey, Daniel
AU - Dreessen, Chris
AU - Igual-Muñoz, Ana M.
AU - van den Hengel, Lennart
AU - Gélvez-Rueda, María C.
AU - Savenije, Tom J.
AU - Grozema, Ferdinand C.
AU - Zimmermann, Claus
AU - Bolink, Henk J.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Metal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are of interest for high altitude and space applications due to their lightweight and versatile form factor. However, their resilience toward the particle spectrum encountered in space is still of concern. For space cells, the effect of these particles is condensed into an equivalent 1 MeV electron fluence. The effect of high doses of 1 MeV e-beam radiation up to an accumulated fluence to 1016 e− cm−2 on methylammonium lead iodide perovskite thin films and solar cells is probed. By using substrate and encapsulation materials that are stable under the high energy e-beam radiation, its net effect on the perovskite film and solar cells can be studied. The quartz substrate-based PSCs are stable under the high doses of 1 MeV e-beam irradiation. Time-resolved microwave conductivity analysis on pristine and irradiated films indicates that there is a small reduction in the charge carrier diffusion length upon irradiation. Nevertheless, this diffusion length remains larger than the perovskite film thickness used in the solar cells, even for the highest accumulated fluence of 1016 e− cm−2. This demonstrates that PSCs are promising candidates for space applications.
AB - Metal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are of interest for high altitude and space applications due to their lightweight and versatile form factor. However, their resilience toward the particle spectrum encountered in space is still of concern. For space cells, the effect of these particles is condensed into an equivalent 1 MeV electron fluence. The effect of high doses of 1 MeV e-beam radiation up to an accumulated fluence to 1016 e− cm−2 on methylammonium lead iodide perovskite thin films and solar cells is probed. By using substrate and encapsulation materials that are stable under the high energy e-beam radiation, its net effect on the perovskite film and solar cells can be studied. The quartz substrate-based PSCs are stable under the high doses of 1 MeV e-beam irradiation. Time-resolved microwave conductivity analysis on pristine and irradiated films indicates that there is a small reduction in the charge carrier diffusion length upon irradiation. Nevertheless, this diffusion length remains larger than the perovskite film thickness used in the solar cells, even for the highest accumulated fluence of 1016 e− cm−2. This demonstrates that PSCs are promising candidates for space applications.
KW - 1 MeV irradiation
KW - perovskite solar cells
KW - space applications
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U2 - 10.1002/solr.202000447
DO - 10.1002/solr.202000447
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85092164516
SN - 2367-198X
VL - 4
JO - Solar RRL
JF - Solar RRL
IS - 12
M1 - 2000447
ER -