Reliable comparison of perovskite solar cell performance using maximum power point tracking
Lucija Rakocevic a b, Felix Ernst a c, Robert Gehlhaar a, Tom Aernouts a, Christoph Brabec c, Jef Poortmans a b d
a IMEC, Belgium, Kapeldreef, 75, Leuven, Belgium
b ESAT, KUL, Leuven, 3000, Belgium
c Institute of Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET), Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg,Germany, Martensstraße, 7, Erlangen, Germany
d University of Hasselt, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics
Proceedings of International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (HOPV19)
Roma, Italy, 2020 May 12th - 14th
Organizers: Prashant Kamat, Filippo De Angelis and Aldo Di Carlo
Oral, Lucija Rakocevic, presentation 031
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.hopv.2020.031
Publication date: 6th February 2020

Organometallic halide based thin film PV has achieved research device efficiencies of 23.7 %, surpassing other thin film PV technologies in less than a decade of research. However, hysteretic behavior caused by ion movement in perovskite semiconductor affecting charge carrier extraction can inhibit a reliable performance measurement. This behavior, reflected in transient current variations following voltage alteration, can be dependent on preconditioning of the sample, scan rate, temperature and the composition of the perovskite solar cell stack itself.

Therefore, a reliable performance comparison of perovskite solar cells is non-trivial. We examine the robustness of maximum power point tracking (MPPT) using three measurement algorithms to compare the performance of three n-i-p planar perovskite stacks. Moreover, we extract the relevant measurement parameters for a reliable MPPT. Figure shows how the measurement delay affects the measured performance of a solar cell for each of the studied algorithms.

As the result of the study, we propose a measurement protocol to determine the device PCE applicable in everyday laboratory testing of perovskite solar cells. Finally, we draw attention to the importance of defining a robust and universal measurement procedure for comparison of various perovskite based thin film PV devices researched in the community.

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