The commercialization of a promising class of solar cell has been hindered by issues associated with the components needed to construct it. A possible solution has now been reported.
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EMUNI, FIS, FZAB, GEOZS, GIS, IJS, IMTLJ, KILJ, KISLJ, MFDPS, NLZOH, NUK, OILJ, PNG, SAZU, SBCE, SBJE, SBMB, SBNM, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK, VKSCE, ZAGLJ
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Recent progress of efficiency and long-term stability for perovskite solar cells, and the development of perovskite-based tandem solar cells are described.
The progress of lead-free ...perovskite solar cells and their potential for industrial production are discussed in detail.
The current status, ongoing challenges, and the future outlooks of perovskite solar cells are highlighted.
Perovskite 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.
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Tin perovskite solar cells (TPSCs) have triggered intensive research as a promising candidate for lead-free perovskite solar cells. However, it is still challenging to obtain efficient and stable ...TPSCs because of the low defects formation energy and the oxidation of bivalent tin; Here, we report a TPSC with a stable amorphous-polycrystalline structure, which is composed of a tin triple-halide amorphous layer and cesium-formamidinium tin iodide polycrystals. This structure effectively blocks the outside oxygen, moisture and also suppresses the ion diffusion inside the devices. In addition, its energy level benefits the charge extraction and transport in TPSCs. This design enabled us to obtain the certified quasi-steady-state efficiency over 10% for TPSCs from an accredited certification institute. The cell was stable, maintaining 95% of the initial PCE after operation at the maximum power point under AM 1.5 G simulated solar light (100 mWcm
) for 1000 hours.
Inverted perovskite solar cells (IPSCs) have attracted great attention in recent years due to their reliable operational stability, negligible hysteresis and low-temperature fabrication process. To ...accelerate their commercialization, the focus of research on IPSCs has been to enhance the power conversion efficiency over the past few years. Herein, an overview of efficiency progress in IPSCs is given including the structure design, the fabrication of perovskite films and the modification of charge transport materials. Specifically, the effects of interface passivation on the performance of those devices have been emphasized. Finally, perspectives on the further development and commercialization of IPSCs are proposed, such as developing new electron transport materials and rear electrode materials, and employing field effect passivation materials and inorganic hole transport materials.
A comprehensive review on the efficiency progress of inverted perovskite solar cells towards future development and commercialization.
Here we report a solution-processing strategy to stabilize the perovskite-based heterostructure. Strong Pb-Cl and Pb-O bonds formed between a CH(NH
)
CH
NH
Pb
I
film with a Pb-rich surface and a ...chlorinated graphene oxide layer. The constructed heterostructure can selectively extract photogenerated charge carriers and impede the loss of decomposed components from soft perovskites, thereby reducing damage to the organic charge-transporting semiconductors. Perovskite solar cells with an aperture area of 1.02 square centimeters maintained 90% of their initial efficiency of 21% after operation at the maximum power point under AM1.5G solar light (100 milliwatts per square centimeter) at 60°C for 1000 hours. The stabilized output efficiency of the aged device was further certified by an accredited test center.
Long-term stability remains a key issue impeding the commercialization of halide perovskite solar cells (HPVKSCs). The diffusion of molecules and ions causes irreversible degradation to photovoltaic ...device performance. Here, we demonstrate a facile strategy for producing highly stable HPVKSCs by using a thin but compact semimetal Bismuth interlayer. The Bismuth film acts as a robust permeation barrier that both insulates the perovskite from intrusion by undesirable external moisture and protects the metal electrode from iodine corrosion. The Bismuth-interlayer-based devices exhibit greatly improved stability when subjected to humidity, thermal and light stresses. The unencapsulated device retains 88% of its initial efficiency in ambient air in the dark for over 6000 h; the devices maintain 95% and 97% of their initial efficiencies after 85 °C thermal aging and light soaking in nitrogen atmosphere for 500 h, respectively. These sound stability parameters are among the best for planar structured HPVKSCs reported to date.
We theoretically elucidated the characteristics of the space–charge layer (SCL) at interfaces between oxide cathode and sulfide electrolyte in all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries (ASS-LIBs) and the ...effect of the buffer layer interposition, for the first time, via the calculations with density functional theory (DFT) + U framework. As a most representative system, we examined the interfaces between LiCoO2 cathode and β-Li3PS4 solid electrolyte (LCO/LPS), and the LiCoO2/LiNbO3/β-Li3PS4 (LCO/LNO/LPS) interfaces with the LiNbO3 buffer layers. The DFT+U calculations, coupling with a systematic procedure for interface matching, showed the stable structures and the electronic states of the interfaces. The LCO/LPS interface has attractive Li adsorption sites and rather disordered structure, whereas the interposition of the LNO buffer layers forms smooth interfaces without Li adsorption sites for both LCO and LPS sides. The calculated energies of the Li-vacancy formation and the Li migration reveal that subsurface Li in the LPS side can begin to transfer at the under-voltage condition in the LCO/LPS interface, which suggests the SCL growth at the beginning of charging, leading to the interfacial resistance. The LNO interposition suppresses this growth of SCL and provides smooth Li transport paths free from the possible bottlenecks. These aspects on the atomic scale will give a useful perspective for the further improvement of the ASS-LIB performance.
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