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Shuaifeng Hu

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Research theme

  • Photovoltaics and nanoscience

Sub department

  • Condensed Matter Physics

Research groups

  • Snaith group
shuaifeng.hu@physics.ox.ac.uk
Robert Hooke Building, room G24
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Performance and stability analysis of all-perovskite tandem photovoltaics in light-driven electrochemical water splitting

Nature Communications Springer Nature 16:1 (2025) 174

Authors:

Junke Wang, Bruno Branco, Willemijn HM Remmerswaal, Shuaifeng Hu, Nick RM Schipper, Valerio Zardetto, Laura Bellini, Nicolas Daub, Martijn M Wienk, Atsushi Wakamiya, Henry J Snaith, René AJ Janssen

Abstract:

All-perovskite tandem photovoltaics are a potentially cost-effective technology to power chemical fuel production, such as green hydrogen. However, their application is limited by deficits in open-circuit voltage and, more challengingly, poor operational stability of the photovoltaic cell. Here we report a laboratory-scale solar-assisted water-splitting system using an electrochemical flow cell and an all-perovskite tandem solar cell. We begin by treating the perovskite surface with a propane-1,3-diammonium iodide solution that reduces interface non-radiative recombination losses and achieves an open-circuit voltage above 90% of the detailed-balance limit for single-junction solar cells between the bandgap of 1.6–1.8 eV. Specifically, a high open-circuit voltage of 1.35 V and maximum power conversion efficiency of 19.9% are achieved at a 1.77 eV bandgap. This enables monolithic all-perovskite tandem solar cells with a 26.0% power conversion efficiency at 1 cm2 area and a pioneering photovoltaic-electrochemical system with a maximum solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of 17.8%. The system retains over 60% of its peak performance after operating for more than 180 h. We find that the performance loss is mainly due to the degradation of the photovoltaic component. We observe severe charge collection losses in the narrow-bandgap sub-cell that can be attributed to the interface degradation between the narrow-bandgap perovskite and the hole-transporting layer. Our study suggests that developing chemically stable absorbers and contact layers is critical for the applications of all-perovskite tandem photovoltaics.
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Performance and stability analysis of all-perovskite tandem photovoltaics in light-driven electrochemical water splitting

University of Oxford (2025)

Authors:

Junke Wang, Bruno Branco, Willemijn HM Remmerswaal, Shuaifeng Hu, Nick RM Schipper, Valerio Zardetto, Laura Bellini, Nicolas Daub, Martijn M Wienk, Atsushi Wakamiya, Henry J Snaith, René AJ Janssen

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January 4, 2025
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Roadmap on metal-halide perovskite semiconductors and devices

Materials Today Electronics Elsevier BV (2025) 100138

Authors:

Ao Liu, Jun Xi, Hanlin Cen, Jinfei Dai, Yi Yang, Cheng Liu, Shuai Guo, Xiaofang Li, Xiaotian Guo, Feng Yang, Meng Li, Haoxuan Liu, Fei Zhang, Huagui Lai, Fan Fu, Shuaifeng Hu, Junke Wang, Seongrok Seo, Henry J Snaith, Jinghui Li, Jiajun Luo, Hongjin Li, Yun Gao, Xingliang Dai, Jia Zhang, Feng Gao, Zhengxun Lai, You Meng, Johnny C Ho, Wen Li, Yuntao Wu, Liping Du, Sai Bai, Huihui Zhu, Xianhang Lin, Can Deng, Liyi Yang, Liu Tang, Ahmad Imtiaz, Hanxiang Zhi, Xi Lu, Heng Li, Xiangyu Sun, Yicheng Zhao, Jian Xu, Xiaojian She, Jafar Iqbal Khan, Guanglong Ding, Su-Ting Han, Ye Zhou
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Steering perovskite precursor solutions for multijunction photovoltaics

Nature Nature Research (2024)

Authors:

Shuaifeng Hu, Junke Wang, Pei Zhao, Jorge Pascual, Jianan Wang, Florine Rombach, Akash Dasgupta, Wentao Liu, Minh Anh Truong, He Zhu, Manuel Kober-Czerny, James N Drysdale, Joel A Smith, Zhongcheng Yuan, Guus JW Aalbers, Nick RM Schipper, Jin Yao, Kyohei Nakano, Silver-Hamill Turren-Cruz, André Dallmann, M Greyson Christoforo, James M Ball, David P McMeekin, Karl-Augustin Zaininger, Zonghao Liu, Nakita K Noel, Keisuke Tajima, Wei Chen, Masahiro Ehara, René AJ Janssen, Atsushi Wakamiya, Henry J Snaith

Abstract:

Multijunction photovoltaics (PVs) are gaining prominence owing to their superior capability of achieving power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) beyond the radiative limit of single-junction cells<sup>1-8</sup>, where improving narrow bandgap tin-lead perovskites is critical for thin-film devices<sup>9</sup>. With a focus on understanding the chemistry of tin-lead perovskite precursor solutions, we herein find that Sn(II) species dominate interactions with precursors and additives and uncover the exclusive role of carboxylic acid in regulating solution colloidal properties and film crystallisation, and ammonium in improving film optoelectronic properties. Materials that combine these two function groups, amino acid salts, considerably improve the semiconducting quality and homogeneity of perovskite films, surpassing the effect of the individual functional groups when introduced as part of separate molecules. Our enhanced tin-lead perovskite layer allows us to fabricate solar cells with PCEs of 23.9, 29.7 (certified 29.26%), and 28.7% for single-, double-, and triple-junction devices, respectively. Our 1-cm<sup>2</sup> triple-junction devices show PCEs of 28.4% (certified 27.28%). Encapsulated triple-junction cells maintain 80% of their initial efficiencies after 860 h maximum power point tracking in ambient. We further fabricate quadruple-junction devices and obtain PCEs of 27.9% with the highest open-circuit voltage of 4.94 V. This work establishes a new benchmark for multijunction PVs.
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A general three-component polarimetric SAR interferometry target decomposition

Advances in Space Research Elsevier 74:11 (2024) 5428-5437

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Shuaifeng Hu, Qinghua Xie, J David Ballester-Berman, Qi Dou, Xing Peng, Youjun Wang, Haiqiang Fu, Jianjun Zhu
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