Cost Analysis of Perovskite Tandem Photovoltaics

By Zong-Feng Li, Yingzhi Zhao, X. Wang, Yuchao Sun, Zhiguo Zhao, Yujing Li, Huanping Zhou, Qi Chen. Joule, 2018

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Summary Recently, metal halide perovskite photovoltaics (PV) are marching toward commercialization. The possibility for perovskite absorbers to be incorporated into multi-junction solar cells is also being discussed, which suggests alternative market entry. Although intensive investigations are being made on their technical feasibility, serious analysis on the cost of perovskite-based tandem modules is lacking. The levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of solar modules is often used to evaluate technoeconomic competitiveness. Here, we performed a detailed cost analysis on two perovskite-based tandem modules (the perovskite/c-silicon and the perovskite/perovskite tandem module) compared with standard multi-crystalline silicon and single-junction perovskite solar cells. We found that perovskite PVs (both single junction and multi-junction) are competitive in the context of LCOE if the module lifetime is comparable with that of c-silicon solar cells. This encourages further efforts to push perovskite tandem modules onto the market in the future.

Subfields: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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• Grain Engineering for Perovskite/Silicon Monolithic Tandem Solar Cells with Efficiency of 25.4% (2019, neutral): “techno-economic analyses indicate that perovskite/silicon tandem photovoltaic (PV) modules can compete with traditional silicon PV in terms of dollar-per-Watt installed cost and levelized cost of electricity if the perovskite top cell is >20% efficient, costs less than approximately $50/m(2), and ha”