Perovskite-Based Tandem Solar Cells toward Commercial Application

Yanxun Li; Zhiliang Liu; Kai Yao; Alex K.-Y. Jen

doi:10.1002/aenm.202503826

Perovskite-Based Tandem Solar Cells toward Commercial Application

Yanxun Li (Co-first Author)
, Zhiliang Liu (Co-first Author)
, Kai Yao^*
, Alex K.-Y. Jen^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

To achieve the goal of carbon neutrality, the global photovoltaic (PV) base needs to be expanded to 30–70 TW by 2050, which creates a huge market space. Perovskite, an emerging photovoltaic technology, is expected to play an important role in this process due to its low cost and high power conversion efficiency. More importantly, the easily adjustable bandgap of perovskite allows it to be integrated with other advanced PV technologies to break the Shockley−Queisser limit. To further promote the commercial application of perovskite-based tandem solar cells, it is critical to understand the current research status and evaluate the developing trend of this type of cell. In this review, it is hoped to comprehensively display the perovskite-based tandem solar cells that are oriented toward commercialization, including the current PV industry, the critical considerations in the commercial route, the state-of-the-art study at labs, and these perspectives for its future development. It is hoped this review can provide assistance for future research on perovskite-based tandem solar cells, and promote the perovskite PV market to prosperity. © 2025 Wiley-VCH GmbH.

Original language	English
Article number	e03826
Number of pages	32
Journal	Advanced Energy Materials
Volume	16
Issue number	4
Online published	24 Oct 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202503826
Publication status	Published - 28 Jan 2026

Funding

Y.L. and Z.L. contributed equally to this work. A.K.Y.J. thanks the sponsorship of the Lee Shau\u2010Kee Chair Professor (Materials Science), and the support from the APRC Grants (9380086, 9610419, 9610440, 9610492, 9610508) of the City University of Hong Kong, the MHKJFS Grant (MHP/054/23), TCFS grant (GHP/121/22SZ), and MRP Grant (MRP/040/21X) from the Innovation and Technology Commission of Hong Kong, the Green Tech Fund (202020164) from the Environment and Ecology Bureau of Hong Kong, and the GRF grants (11304424, 11307621, 11316422, 11308625) and CRS grants (CRS_CityU104/23, CRS_HKUST203/23) from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong. This work was partially financially supported by City University of Hong Kong (9610739) for the project \u201CFostering Innovation for Resilience and Sustainable Transformation,\u201D officially endorsed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization under the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development (2024\u20132033). K.Y. acknowledges the financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 62274080). Y.L. thanks the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (24CX06043A), the project 2025HWYQ\u2010042 supported by Shandong Provincial Natural Science Fund for Excellent Young Scientists Fund Program (Overseas) and the Program for Taishen Scholar of Shandong Province.

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photovoltaic industry

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GRF: Development of Multifunctional Redox Mediators to Mitigate Halide Segregation in Wide-Bandgap Perovskites for Perovskite Based Tandem Solar Cells

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GRF: Molecular Engineering of Polyoxometalate (POM) and Self-Assembled Monolayer (SAM) Composites for Improving Efficiency and Stability of Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells

GRF: Development of Multifunctional Redox Mediators to Mitigate Halide Segregation in Wide-Bandgap Perovskites for Perovskite Based Tandem Solar Cells

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