Structural Design and Performance Optimization of Perovskite/Organic Tandem Solar Cells

Chenxi Wu

doi:10.54254/2755-2721/2025.GL27132

Applied and Computational EngineeringOpen access

Structural Design and Performance Optimization of Perovskite/Organic Tandem Solar Cells

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Structural Design and Performance Optimization of Perovskite/Organic Tandem Solar Cells

Chenxi Wu ^1*

¹ Beijing University of Technology

^*Corresponding author: cwu237@uky.edu

Published on 24 September 2025

ACE Vol.186

ISSN (Print): 2755-273X

ISSN (Online): 2755-2721

ISBN (Print): 978-1-80590-383-3

ISBN (Online): 978-1-80590-384-0

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Abstract

Single-junction perovskite solar cells have a relatively low upper limit of efficiency, making it difficult to develop them into industrialized photovoltaic cells. To improve efficiency, perovskite tandem solar cells have become a research focus. Among them, perovskite tandem solar cells can meet different performance requirements by adjusting organic materials. In this paper, by comparing key performance and other factors between perovskite-organic tandem solar cells and those of other types of tandem solar cells, the advantages, areas for improvement, and development prospects of perovskite-organic solar cells are summarized. Meanwhile, the organic layer materials in perovskite-organic solar cells, especially Indacenodithieno [3,2-b] thiophene-imidazolecore (ITIC), are summarized, aiming to sort out the development status of perovskite-organic solar cells in recent years and provide some basic information and innovative ideas for future research in this field.

Keywords:

Tandem Solar Cells, Perovskite Photovoltaics, Organic Semiconductors, Interconnecting Layer

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