Engineering the Non-Radiative Recombination of Mixed-Halide Perovskites with Optimal Bandgap for Indoor Photovoltaics.

Abstract

Indoor photovoltaics have attracted increasing attention, since they can provide sustainable energy through the recycling of photon energy from household dim lighting. However, solar cells exhibiting high performance under sunlight may not perform well under indoor light conditions, mainly due to the mismatch of the irradiance spectrum. In particular, most of the indoor light sources emit visible photons with negligible near-infrared irradiance. According to the detailed balance theory, the optimal bandgap for indoor photovoltaics should be relatively larger, considering the trade-off between photocurrent and photovoltage losses. In this work, a systematic comparison of the theoretical limits of the conventional and indoor photovoltaics is presented. Then the non-radiative recombination losses are reduced by a synergetic treatment with Pb(SCN)2 and PEABr, resulting relatively high open circuit voltage of 1.29V and power conversion efficiency of 17.32% under 1sun illumination. Furthermore, the devices are fully characterized under weak indoor light (1000lux, 4000K LED) achieving a high efficiency of 37.18%, which is promising for real applications.