Highly Efficient Monolithic Perovskite/Perovskite/Silicon Triple-Junction Solar Cells

Wide-bandgap metal halide perovskites have demonstrated promise in multijunction photovoltaic (PV) cells. However, photoinduced phase segregation and the resultant low open-circuit voltage (V_oc) have greatly limited the PV performance of perovskite-based multijunction devices. Here, a alloying strategy is reported to achieve uniform distribution of triple cations and halides in wide-bandgap perovskites by doping Rb⁺ and Cl^- with small ionic radii, which effectively suppresses halide phase segregation while promoting the homogenization of surface potential. Based on this strategy, a V_oc of 1.33 V is obtained from single-junction perovskite solar cells, and a V_OC approaching 3.0 V and a power conversion efficiency of 25.0% (obtained from reverse scan direction, certified efficiency: 24.19%) on an 1.04 cm² photoactive area can be achieved in a perovskite/perovskite/c-Si triple-junction tandem cell, where the certification efficiency is by far the greatest performance of perovskite-based triple-junction tandem solar cells. This work overcomes the performance deadlock of perovskite-based triple-junction tandem cells by setting a materials-by-design paradigm.