A review of the perovskite solar cells

Yao Xin; Ding Yan-Li; Zhang Xiao-Dan; Zhao Ying

doi:10.7498/aps.64.038805

Abstract

The efficiency of solar cells based on organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite materials has a rapid growth from 3.8% in 2009 to 19.3%. The perovskite material (CH3NH3PbX3) exhibits advantages of high absorbing coefficient, low cost, and easily synthesised, which achieved extremely rapid development in recent years and gains great concern from the academic circle. As we know, perovskite materials not only serve as light absorption layer, but also can be used as either electron or hole transport layer. Consequently, various structures are designed based on the function of the perovskite, such as the solid-state mesoscopic heterojunction, meso-superstructured planar-heterojunction, HTM-free and the organic structured layers. Besides, it is also attractive for its versatility in fabrication techniques: one-step precursor solution deposition, two-step sequential deposition, dual-source vapor deposition, and vapor-assisted solution processing etc. This review mainly introduces the development and mechanism of the perovskite solar cells performance and the fabrication methods of peroskite films, briefly describes the specific function and improvement of each layer, and finally discusses the challenges we are facing and the development prospects, in order to have a further understanding of perovskite solar cells and lay a solid foundation for the preparation of new structures of the perovskite solar cells.

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Institute of Photo Electronics Thin Film Devices and Technology of Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Funds: Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2011CBA00706, 2011CBA00707), the Science and Technology Support Program of Tianjin, China (Grant No. 12ZCZDGX03600), the Major Science and Technology Support Project of Tianjin City of China (Grant No. 11TXSYGX22100), the Specialized Research Fund for the PhD Program of Higher Education of China (Grant No. 20120031110039), and the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2013AA050302), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 621474065).

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