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Prospects for Perovskite/Silicon tandem solar cells to outperform c-Silicon solar cells at elevated temperatures

Successful commercialization of Perovskite/Si tandem solar cells (P/Si TSCs) need a-priori estimation of technological benchmarks to outperform c-Si based technologies under field conditions. To this end, through detailed numerical simulations and analytical modeling, here we identify the limits of ion migration and lifetime degradation till which P/Si TSCs remain competitive. Our results unravel a unique scaling law for the evolution of the efficiency and the temperature coefficient of P/Si TSCs which allows us to anticipate the limiting annual degradation rates. Interestingly, we find that 4T cells are potentially more immune to the ill effects of ion migration as compared to 2T cells. These insights are of broad relevance for material/interface engineering approaches and physics based accelerated tests which are focused towards long term stability and module reliability.