Perovskite solar cells: Materials, configurations and stability

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2017-09-04

Authors

Isabel Mesquita (Author) Other; Luísa Andrade (Author) FEUP; Adélio Mendes (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Vol. 82 No. Part 3

Pages: 2471-2489

ISSN: 1364-0321

Publisher: Elsevier

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Scientific classification

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Chemical engineering

Associated Projects

WINPSC - Novos avanços tecnológicos para a terceira geração de células solares sensibilizadas com perovskita

GOTSolar - New technological advances for the third generation of Solar cells

BI-DSC - Building Integrated Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

LEPABE-2-ECO-INNOVATION - LEPABE-2-ECO-INNOVATION

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00N-EA3

DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.09.011

Abstract (EN): Perovskite solar cells (PSC) have recently emerged as a strong contender for the next generation of photovoltaic technologies, having received the attention of the photovoltaic community, both scientists and industry. In few years, power conversion efficiency of PSCs reached already 22%. A broad range of architectures and fabrication methods have been proposed, as well as several perovskite compositions and charge selective layers, suggesting that the performance of these devices is still far from being fully optimized. PSCs still exhibiting stability problems and the most efficient absorbers incorporate lead (ca. 13 mg m(-2)). Moreover, PSCs are sensitive to high temperatures, UV-light, moisture and oxygen: factors that are hindering their commercialization. The present review frames the last attempts for overcoming these challenges addressing degradation mechanisms and outlining the outstanding achievements. This article also reviews the basic working principles of PSCs, addresses new cell configurations, highlights the need of leak-free encapsulation for long-term stability and environmentally safer devices, and discusses new and lead-free absorbers.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 19