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Photon recycling is required for a solar cell to achieve an open-circuit voltage ($V_{OC}$) and power conversion efficiency (PCE) approaching the Shockley-Queisser theoretical limit. In metal halide perovskite solar cells, the achievable performance gains from photon recycling remain uncertain due to high variability in perovskite material quality and the non-radiative recombination rate ($k_{1}$). In this work, we study state-of-the-art $\textrm{Cs}_{0.05}(\textrm{MA}_{0.17}\textrm{FA}_{0.83})_{0.95}\textrm{Pb}(\textrm{I}_{0.83}\textrm{Br}_{0.17})_{3}$ films and analyze the impact of varying non-radiative recombination rates on photon recycling and device performance. Importantly, we predict the impact of photon recycling at the maximum power point (MPP), demonstrating an absolute PCE increase of up to 2.0% in the radiative limit, primarily due to a 77 mV increase in $V_{MPP}$. Even with finite non-radiative recombination, benefits from photon recycling can be achieved when non-radiative lifetimes and external LED electroluminescence efficiencies measured at open-circuit, $Q_{e}^{LED}(\textrm{V}_{OC})$, exceed 2 $\mu$s and 10%, respectively. This analysis clarifies the opportunity

Author

Brenes, Roberto; Laitz, Madeleine; Jean, Joel; deQuilettes, Dane W.; Bulovic, Vladimir

Published

2019

Language

EN