scholarly journals The Main Progress of Perovskite Solar Cells in 2020–2021

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianhao Wu ◽  
Zhenzhen Qin ◽  
Yanbo Wang ◽  
Yongzhen Wu ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Lead Free ◽  
Manufacturing Cost ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
The World ◽  
Photovoltaic Technology

AbstractPerovskite solar cells (PSCs) emerging as a promising photovoltaic technology with high efficiency and low manufacturing cost have attracted the attention from all over the world. Both the efficiency and stability of PSCs have increased steadily in recent years, and the research on reducing lead leakage and developing eco-friendly lead-free perovskites pushes forward the commercialization of PSCs step by step. This review summarizes the main progress of PSCs in 2020 and 2021 from the aspects of efficiency, stability, perovskite-based tandem devices, and lead-free PSCs. Moreover, a brief discussion on the development of PSC modules and its challenges toward practical application is provided.

High-Efficiency Lead-Free Wide Band Gap Perovskite Solar Cells via Guanidinium Bromide Incorporation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengmeng Chen ◽  
Muhammad Akmal Kamarudin ◽  
Ajay K. Baranwal ◽  
Gaurav Kapil ◽  
Teresa S. Ripolles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Band Gap ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Wide Band ◽  
Lead Free ◽  
Wide Band Gap

scholarly journals Affordable and sustainable new generation of solar cells: calcium titanate (CaTiO3) - based perovskite solar cells

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 01010
Author(s):  
Alfonsina Abat Amelenan Torimtubun ◽  
Anniza Cornelia Augusty ◽  
Eka Maulana ◽  
Lusi Ernawati
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Power Efficiency ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Heating Temperature ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Calcium Titanate ◽  
Open Circuit ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Lead Free

Indonesia is located along the equator lines with the high intensity of solar radiation averaging about 4.5 kWh of electrical energy/day. This potential leads to the selfsustaining energy possibility fulfilling the electricity needs. Due to their unique electronic structures and high-cost merit over the existing commercial PV technologies, perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have emerged as the next-generation photovoltaic candidate. Their highest power efficiency can be achieved of up to 22.1% in the last 5-6 years. However, this high efficiency came from CH3NH3PbI3 materials which contain lead, a toxic material. Herein calcium titanate (CT) as a lead-free perovskite material were synthesized through sintering of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and titanium oxide (TiO2) by the sol-gel method. CT powders were characterized by SEM, XRF, FTIR and XRD then applied it onto the mesoporous heterojunction PSCs, with a device architecture ITO/TiO2/CaTiO3/C/ITO. By manipulating the raw material stoichiometry and heating temperature in the synthesis of CaTiO3, the device shows the highest power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 2.12%, shortcircuit current density (JSC) of 0.027 mA cm-2, open circuit voltage (VOC) of 0.212 V and fill factor (FF) of 53.90%. This sample can be an alternative way to create lead-free, largescale, and low-cost perovskite solar cells.

Tin as an emerging surrogate for Lead-free perovskite solar cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arunkumar Prabhakaran Shyma ◽  
Andrews Nirmala Grace ◽  
Vimala Raghavan ◽  
George Jacob ◽  
Raja Sellappan
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Oxidation Stability ◽  
Lead Toxicity ◽  
Lead Free ◽  
Photovoltaic Properties ◽  
Functional Additives ◽  
Absorber Material ◽  
Current Scenario

: Perovskite-based photovoltaic technology has gained significant attention owing to its tunable electrical and optical properties. Among them, lead-based perovskites are considered as the most efficient one that delivers maximum power conversion efficiency with ample stability. In the current scenario, the perovskite-based solar cells (PSCs) can be classified into two main categories, i.e., highly efficient lead-containing and underperforming lead-free based. Even though lead-based PSCs delivers high efficiency, it loses the charm in the context of lead toxicity. The toxicity issue related to lead stands as a barrier to the commercialization of lead-based PSCs. To date, various materials have been prepared and implemented as an alternative to lead in the absorber layer. Tin (Sn) based perovskites are explored as an alternative absorber material owing to its photovoltaic properties that are comparable to lead. Tin-based perovskites exhibit some drawbacks, such as rapid crystallization, lack of oxidation stability, etc. Many research group has addressed the problems regarding tinbased perovskites and modified its structural and morphological aspects through compositional engineering as well as functional additives and managed to obtain an efficiency of around 10 %. In this review, we portray the state of the art developments of tin-based PSCs and its future perspectives.

Regulating crystallization dynamics and crystal orientation of methylammonium tin iodide enables high-efficiency lead-free perovskite solar cells

Nanoscale ◽  
2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long Ji ◽  
Ting Zhang ◽  
Yafei Wang ◽  
Detao Liu ◽  
Hao Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Crystal Orientation ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Lead Free ◽  
Crystallization Dynamics ◽  
Tin Iodide

Tin (Sn)-based perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted much attention because they are more environmentally friendly than lead-based PSCs. However, the fast crystallization of Sn-based perovskite film and the easy...

scholarly journals Harnessing the potential of lead-free Sn-Ge based Perovskite solar cells by unlocking the recombination channels

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yassine Raoui ◽  
Samrana Kazim ◽  
Yulia Galagan ◽  
Hamid Ez-Zahraouy ◽  
Shahzada Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Lead Free ◽  
Inorganic Lead ◽  
Photovoltaic Technology

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have celebrated a decade of investigation as a promising photovoltaic technology. However, they contain lead, inorganic lead-free PSCs can be a design as green and clean...

Intrinsic and interfacial kinetics of perovskite solar cells under photo and bias-induced degradation and recovery

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (31) ◽  
pp. 7799-7805 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pankaj Yadav ◽  
Daniel Prochowicz ◽  
Essa A. Alharbi ◽  
Shaik M. Zakeeruddin ◽  
Michael Grätzel
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Potential Candidate ◽  
Interfacial Kinetics ◽  
Photovoltaic Technology ◽  
Kinetics Of

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have emerged as a potential candidate for high efficiency low-cost photovoltaic technology.

scholarly journals Design and Numerical Investigation of a Lead-Free Inorganic Layered Double Perovskite Cs4CuSb2Cl12 Nanocrystal Solar Cell by SCAPS-1D

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2321
Author(s):  
Yizhou He ◽  
Liyifei Xu ◽  
Cheng Yang ◽  
Xiaowei Guo ◽  
Shaorong Li
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Hole Transport ◽  
Environmental Stability ◽  
Lead Free ◽  
Inorganic Perovskite ◽  
Photoelectric Properties ◽  
Quantum Leap

In the last decade, perovskite solar cells have made a quantum leap in performance with the efficiency increasing from 3.8% to 25%. However, commercial perovskite solar cells have faced a major impediment due to toxicity and stability issues. Therefore, lead-free inorganic perovskites have been investigated in order to find substitute perovskites which can provide a high efficiency similar to lead-based perovskites. In recent studies, as a kind of lead-free inorganic perovskite material, Cs4CuSb2Cl12 has been demonstrated to possess impressive photoelectric properties and excellent environmental stability. Moreover, Cs4CuSb2Cl12 nanocrystals have smaller effective photo-generated carrier masses than bulk Cs4CuSb2Cl12, which provides excellent carrier mobility. To date, there have been no reports about Cs4CuSb2Cl12 nanocrystals used for making solar cells. To explore the potential of Cs4CuSb2Cl12 nanocrystal solar cells, we propose a lead-free perovskite solar cell with the configuration of FTO/ETL/Cs4CuSb2Cl12 nanocrystals/HTL/Au using a solar cell capacitance simulator. Moreover, we numerically investigate the factors that affect the performance of the Cs4CuSb2Cl12 nanocrystal solar cell with the aim of enhancing its performance. By selecting the appropriate hole transport material, electron transport material, thickness of the absorber layer, doping densities, defect density in the absorber, interface defect densities, and working temperature point, we predict that the Cs4CuSb2Cl12 nanocrystal solar cell with the FTO/TiO2/Cs4CuSb2Cl12 nanocrystals/Cu2O/Au structure can attain a power conversion efficiency of 23.07% at 300 K. Our analysis indicates that Cs4CuSb2Cl12 nanocrystals have great potential as an absorbing layer towards highly efficient lead-free all-inorganic perovskite solar cells.

A computational approach to interface engineering of lead-free CH3NH3SnI3 highly-efficient perovskite solar cells

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (40) ◽  
pp. 25683-25692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masoud Lazemi ◽  
Saeid Asgharizadeh ◽  
Stefano Bellucci
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Perovskite Solar Cells ◽  
Computational Approach ◽  
Environmentally Benign ◽  
Lead Free ◽  
Interface Engineering ◽  
Highly Efficient

Interface engineering in lead-free CH3NH3SnI3 perovskite solar cells (PSCs) provides a viable path to realization of environmentally benign, low-cost, and high-efficiency PSCs.

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