TY - JOUR
T1 - Perovskite and copper indium gallium selenide
T2 - A wonderful marriage for tandem photovoltaics with efficiency approaching 30%
AU - Wang, Lulu
AU - Tang, Jiahong
AU - Pei, Fengtao
AU - Cheng, Teng
AU - Li, Boyan
AU - Li, Weimin
AU - Li, Siqi
AU - Wu, Cuigu
AU - Jiang, Yan
AU - Chen, Qi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 Science Press
PY - 2025/6
Y1 - 2025/6
N2 - Tandem solar cells (TSCs) represent an attractive technology that can overcome the single-junction Shockley-Queisser limit. Recently, a tandem structure combining wide-bandgap metal halide perovskite with complementary bandgap copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) photovoltaic technology has demonstrated a realistic pathway to achieve the industrialization goal of pushing power conversion efficiency (PCE) approaching 30% at low-cost. In this review, we first pinpoint the unique advantage of perovskite/CIGS tandems with respect to the other mainstream photovoltaic technologies and retrospect the research progress of perovskite/CIGS TSCs from both PCE and stability perspective in the last years. Next, we comprehensively discuss the major advancements in absorbers, functional layers of the individual sub-cell, and the interconnection layer between them in the recent decade. Finally, we outline several essential scientific and engineering challenges that are to be solved toward the development of efficient, long-term stable, and large-area perovskite/CIGS TSCs in the future.
AB - Tandem solar cells (TSCs) represent an attractive technology that can overcome the single-junction Shockley-Queisser limit. Recently, a tandem structure combining wide-bandgap metal halide perovskite with complementary bandgap copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) photovoltaic technology has demonstrated a realistic pathway to achieve the industrialization goal of pushing power conversion efficiency (PCE) approaching 30% at low-cost. In this review, we first pinpoint the unique advantage of perovskite/CIGS tandems with respect to the other mainstream photovoltaic technologies and retrospect the research progress of perovskite/CIGS TSCs from both PCE and stability perspective in the last years. Next, we comprehensively discuss the major advancements in absorbers, functional layers of the individual sub-cell, and the interconnection layer between them in the recent decade. Finally, we outline several essential scientific and engineering challenges that are to be solved toward the development of efficient, long-term stable, and large-area perovskite/CIGS TSCs in the future.
KW - Copper indium gallium selenide
KW - Perovskite
KW - Solar cell
KW - Stability
KW - Tandem
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jechem.2025.02.015
DO - 10.1016/j.jechem.2025.02.015
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:105000057512
SN - 2095-4956
VL - 105
SP - 742
EP - 763
JO - Journal of Energy Chemistry
JF - Journal of Energy Chemistry
ER -
