Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2018
Abstract
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are an emerging photovoltaic technology that promises to offer facile and efficient solar power generation to meet future energy needs. PSCs have received considerable attention in recent years, have attained power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) over 22%, and are a promising candidate to potentially replace the current photovoltaic technology. The emergence of PSCs has revolutionized photovoltaic research and development because of their high efficiencies, inherent flexibility, the diversity of materials/synthetic methods that can be employed to manufacture them, and the various possible device architectures. Further optimization of material compositions and device architectures will help further improve efficiency and device stability. Moreover, the search for new functional materials will allow for mitigation of the existing limitations of PSCs. This review covers the recently developed advanced techniques and research trends related to this emerging photovoltaic technology, with a focus on the diversity of functional materials used for the various layers of PSC devices, novel PSC architectures, methods that increase overall cell efficiency, and substrates that allow for enhanced device flexibility.
Recommended Citation
Hussain, I., Tran, H.P., Jaksik, J. et al. Functional materials, device architecture, and flexibility of perovskite solar cell. emergent mater. 1, 133–154 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42247-018-0013-1
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emergent mater.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42247-018-0013-1
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