Flexible Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells Exceeding 30% Efficiency at Scale

Y Yongbin Jin (Xiamen Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Institute of Luminescent Materials and Information Displays College of Materials Science and Engineering Huaqiao University Xiamen 361021 China) B Boxin Jiao J Jin Huang H Huiping Feng (Xiamen Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Institute of Luminescent Materials and Information Displays College of Materials Science and Engineering Huaqiao University Xiamen 361021 China) C Chengtang Den (State Key Laboratory of Power System Operation and Control Department of Electrical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China) N Ningyu Ren (State Key Laboratory of Power System Operation and Control Department of Electrical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China) M Minghao Li (Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6−1 Kasuga-koen, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan) R Ruihao Su (State Key Laboratory of Power System Operation and Control Department of Electrical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China) D Di Qian (State Key Laboratory of Power System Operation and Control Department of Electrical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China) M Mohan Ding (State Key Laboratory of Power System Operation and Control Department of Electrical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China) J Jérôme Gabathuler (State Key Laboratory of Power System Operation and Control Department of Electrical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China) Y Yiran Ye (State Key Laboratory of Power System Operation and Control Department of Electrical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China) W Wenbao Yang (Jinneng Clean Energy Technology Co., Ltd Lvliang Shanxi China) R Ruizhi Wang H Haifeng Shi (1sheyang, Yancheng, China) D Delia A. Haynes (Department of Chemistry & Polymer Science Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch South Africa) L Liqiang Xie Z Zhanhua Wei C Chenyi Yi (State Key Laboratory of Power System Operation and Control Department of Electrical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China)

Abstract

ABSTRACT Flexible perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells (FTSCs) represent a frontier for high‐power‐density, conformable electronics, yet their commercial viability is hindered by the dual challenges of interfacial carrier recombination and mechanical delamination at the perovskite/C 60 interface. Here, we demonstrate a bimolecular piperazine‐derived interface engineering strategy that simultaneously optimizes interfacial photophysics and structural integrity. By applying a synergistic combination of piperazine dihydrochloride (PDCl) and 1‐(4‐chlorophenyl) piperazine hydrochloride ( p ‐ClPh‐PCl), we achieve complementary field‐effect passivation and in situ formation of a stabilizing low‐dimensional template. While PDCl effectively suppresses interfacial trap states and modulates band alignment for accelerated electron extraction, the p ‐ClPh‐PCl facilitates uniform C 60 growth, preventing fullerene aggregation and reinforcing interfacial adhesion. This unified molecular design enables us to reach a power conversion efficiency of 31.51% (1 cm 2 ) and a 30.31% for large‐area (17.64 cm 2 ) FTSCs, surpassing 30% PCE for the first time in FTSCs exceeding 10 cm 2 in device area. Furthermore, these devices exhibit exceptional durability, retaining 95% of their initial efficiency after 20,000 bending cycles and 650 h of continuous illumination.

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 38, Issue 36
Published June 01, 2026
ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher Unknown Publisher

Journal Info

Advanced Materials

Unknown Publisher

ISSN: 0935-9648 Physical Sciences

Authors (19)

Y

Yongbin Jin

Xiamen Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Institute of Luminescent Materials and Information Displays College of Materials Science and Engineering Huaqiao University Xiamen 361021 China

B

Boxin Jiao

J

Jin Huang

H

Huiping Feng

Xiamen Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Institute of Luminescent Materials and Information Displays College of Materials Science and Engineering Huaqiao University Xiamen 361021 China

C

Chengtang Den

State Key Laboratory of Power System Operation and Control Department of Electrical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China

N

Ningyu Ren

State Key Laboratory of Power System Operation and Control Department of Electrical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China

M

Minghao Li

Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, 6−1 Kasuga-koen, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan

R

Ruihao Su

State Key Laboratory of Power System Operation and Control Department of Electrical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China

D

Di Qian

State Key Laboratory of Power System Operation and Control Department of Electrical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China

M

Mohan Ding

State Key Laboratory of Power System Operation and Control Department of Electrical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China

J

Jérôme Gabathuler

State Key Laboratory of Power System Operation and Control Department of Electrical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China

Y

Yiran Ye

State Key Laboratory of Power System Operation and Control Department of Electrical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China

W

Wenbao Yang

Jinneng Clean Energy Technology Co., Ltd Lvliang Shanxi China

R

Ruizhi Wang

H

Haifeng Shi

1sheyang, Yancheng, China

D

Delia A. Haynes

Department of Chemistry & Polymer Science Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch South Africa

L

Liqiang Xie

Z

Zhanhua Wei

C

Chenyi Yi

State Key Laboratory of Power System Operation and Control Department of Electrical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China