scholarly journals Perovskite-Based Solar Cells: Materials, Methods, and Future Perspectives

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Di Zhou ◽  
Tiantian Zhou ◽  
Yu Tian ◽  
Xiaolong Zhu ◽  
Yafang Tu

A novel all-solid-state, hybrid solar cell based on organic-inorganic metal halide perovskite (CH3NH3PbX3) materials has attracted great attention from the researchers all over the world and is considered to be one of the top 10 scientific breakthroughs in 2013. The perovskite materials can be used not only as light-absorbing layer, but also as an electron/hole transport layer due to the advantages of its high extinction coefficient, high charge mobility, long carrier lifetime, and long carrier diffusion distance. The photoelectric power conversion efficiency of the perovskite solar cells has increased from 3.8% in 2009 to 22.1% in 2016, making perovskite solar cells the best potential candidate for the new generation of solar cells to replace traditional silicon solar cells in the future. In this paper, we introduce the development and mechanism of perovskite solar cells, describe the specific function of each layer, and focus on the improvement in the function of such layers and its influence on the cell performance. Next, the synthesis methods of the perovskite light-absorbing layer and the performance characteristics are discussed. Finally, the challenges and prospects for the development of perovskite solar cells are also briefly presented.

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (16) ◽  
pp. 6882-6890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bardo J. Bruijnaers ◽  
Eric Schiepers ◽  
Christ H. L. Weijtens ◽  
Stefan C. J. Meskers ◽  
Martijn M. Wienk ◽  
...  

Thermal annealing in air of p–i–n metal halide perovskite solar cells processed on PEDOT:PSS restores the work function of this hole transport layer, resulting in power conversion efficiency.


Coatings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 404
Author(s):  
Abdul Sami ◽  
Arsalan Ansari ◽  
Muhammad Dawood Idrees ◽  
Muhammad Musharraf Alam ◽  
Junaid Imtiaz

Perovskite inorganic-organic solar cells are fabricated as a sandwich structure of mesostructured TiO2 as electron transport layer (ETL), CH3NH3PbI3 as active material layer (AML), and Spiro-OMeTAD as hole transport layer (HTL). The crystallinity, structural morphology, and thickness of TiO2 layer play a crucial role to improve the overall device performance. The randomly distributed one dimensional (1D) TiO2 nanowires (TNWs) provide excellent light trapping with open voids for active filling of visible light absorber compared to bulk TiO2. Solid-state photovoltaic devices based on randomly distributed TNWs and CH3NH3PbI3 are fabricated with high open circuit voltage Voc of 0.91 V, with conversion efficiency (CE) of 7.4%. Mott-Schottky analysis leads to very high built-in potential (Vbi) ranging from 0.89 to 0.96 V which indicate that there is no depletion layer voltage modulation in the perovskite solar cells fabricated with TNWs of different lengths. Moreover, finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) analysis revealed larger fraction of photo-generated charges due to light trapping and distribution due to field convergence via guided modes, and improved light trapping capability at the interface of TNWs/CH3NH3PbI3 compared to bulk TiO2.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lie Chen ◽  
Bin Huang ◽  
Yujun Cheng ◽  
Hui Lei ◽  
Lin Hu ◽  
...  

A low-cost and efficient hole transport layer (HTL) material (TPE-CZ) with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) effect has been synthesized. Due to the AIE effect, perovskite solar cells with TPE-CZ as HTL...


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