Mixed cation hybrid lead halide perovskites with enhanced performance and stability

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (23) ◽  
pp. 11450-11461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Xu ◽  
Taiyang Zhang ◽  
Ge Li ◽  
Yixin Zhao

The mixed cation lead halide perovskite solar cells exhibited improved performance and enhanced stabilities.

Metals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edson Meyer ◽  
Dorcas Mutukwa ◽  
Nyengerai Zingwe ◽  
Raymond Taziwa

Perovskite solar cells employ lead halide perovskite materials as light absorbers. These perovskite materials have shown exceptional optoelectronic properties, making perovskite solar cells a fast-growing solar technology. Perovskite solar cells have achieved a record efficiency of over 20%, which has superseded the efficiency of Gräztel dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) technology. Even with their exceptional optical and electric properties, lead halide perovskites suffer from poor stability. They degrade when exposed to moisture, heat, and UV radiation, which has hindered their commercialization. Moreover, halide perovskite materials consist of lead, which is toxic. Thus, exposure to these materials leads to detrimental effects on human health. Halide double perovskites with A2B′B″X6 (A = Cs, MA; B′ = Bi, Sb; B″ = Cu, Ag, and X = Cl, Br, I) have been investigated as potential replacements of lead halide perovskites. This work focuses on providing a detailed review of the structural, optical, and stability properties of these proposed perovskites as well as their viability to replace lead halide perovskites. The triumphs and challenges of the proposed lead-free A2B′B″X6 double perovskites are discussed here in detail.


Science ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 371 (6532) ◽  
pp. eabd8014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandheep Ravishankar ◽  
Thomas Unold ◽  
Thomas Kirchartz

Ni et al. (Research Articles, 20 March 2020, p. 1352) report bulk trap densities of 1011 cm–3 and an increase in interfacial trap densities by one to four orders of magnitude from drive-level capacitance profiling of lead halide perovskites. From electrostatic arguments, we show that the results are not trap densities but are a consequence of the geometrical capacitance and charge injection into the perovskite layer.


2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 093501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuai Gu Shuai Gu ◽  
Pengchen Zhu Pengchen Zhu ◽  
Renxing Lin Renxing Lin ◽  
Mingyao Tang Mingyao Tang ◽  
Shining Zhu Shining Zhu ◽  
...  

Solar Energy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 199 ◽  
pp. 761-771 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kavya S. Keremane ◽  
Sateesh Prathapani ◽  
Lew Jia Haur ◽  
Damodaran Bahulayan ◽  
Airody Vasudeva Adhikari ◽  
...  

RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (13) ◽  
pp. 7356-7361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diwen Liu ◽  
Qiaohong Li ◽  
Kechen Wu

Mixed-cation lead halide perovskites have emerged as a new class of promising photovoltaic materials for perovskite solar cells.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 1866-1876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivy M. Asuo ◽  
Dawit Gedamu ◽  
Nutifafa Y. Doumon ◽  
Ibrahima Ka ◽  
Alain Pignolet ◽  
...  

Fabrication of efficient halide perovskite solar cells under ambient conditions and their stability remain a challenge due to the sensitivity of halide perovskites to moisture, oxygen, light, and temperature.


Author(s):  
Thomas Kirchartz

One of the most significant features of lead-halide perovskites is their ability to have comparably slow recombination despite the fact that these materials are mostly processed from solution at room temperature. The slow recombination allows achieving high open-circuit voltages when the lead-halide perovskite layers are used in solar cells. This perspective discusses the state of the art of our understanding and of experimental data with regard to recombination and open-circuit voltages in lead-halide perovskites. A special focus is put onto open questions that the community has to tackle to design future photovoltaic and optoelectronic devices based on lead-halide perovskites and other semiconductors with similar properties. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue ‘Energy materials for a low carbon future’.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 2263-2268
Author(s):  
Abdullah Y. Alsalloum ◽  
Bekir Turedi ◽  
Khulud Almasabi ◽  
Xiaopeng Zheng ◽  
Rounak Naphade ◽  
...  

A mixed-cation single-crystal lead-halide perovskite absorber layer was utilized to construct 22.8%-efficient solar cells with an expanded near infrared response that approaches the ideal bandgap range (1.1–1.4 eV) for single-junction solar cells.


Nanoscale ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (45) ◽  
pp. 21824-21833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyoti V. Patil ◽  
Sawanta S. Mali ◽  
Chang Kook Hong

Controlling the grain size of the organic–inorganic perovskite thin films using thiourea additives now crossing 2 μm size with >20% power conversion efficiency.


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