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Charge transport materials for mesoscopic perovskite solar cells

Vasilopoulou, Maria
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Soultati, Anastasia
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Filippatos, Petros-Panagis
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July 12, 2022
Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Organic-inorganic perovskite solar cells have achieved an impressive power conversion efficiency of up to 25.6% and 24.8%, respectively, for single and multijunction tandem architectures due to the huge progress made in the rational design and development of both the perovskite absorbers and the charge transport and electrode materials used as the selective contacts. The interfaces between the perovskite film and the charge transport layers are among the most critical factors in determining the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells regardless of the structure employed (mesoporous (mp) or planar heterostructure). Herein, an overview is provided on the recent advances in the fundamental understanding of how these interfaces, upon incorporating various functional charge transport layers, influence the performance of mp perovskite solar cells (mp-PSCs) where the perovskite is deposited and embedded in a high porosity and surface area mp material. First, the most critical aspects of such materials that govern the performance of the complete device are discussed including the energy level alignment at the interfaces, charge transport in interfacial layers, defects in the perovskite, interfacial layers or at their interfaces, as they all strongly affect interfacial charge recombination and extraction. In this context, we will discuss the various strategies for the interfaces and the interfacial materials employed both for the hole (HTM) and electron (ETM) transport/extraction. Next, advances in the performance of a highly promising alternative mp architecture, namely HTM-free triple mp-PSCs, where the HTL is removed to reduce complexity and manufacturing cost for printable mp PSCs, will be discussed. Finally, an outlook for the development of highly efficient and stable mpPSCs will be provided.

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Type
review article
DOI
10.1039/d2tc00828a
Web of Science ID

WOS:000834988600001

Author(s)
Vasilopoulou, Maria
Soultati, Anastasia
Filippatos, Petros-Panagis
Yusoff, Abd Rashid bin Mohd
Nazeeruddin, Mohhamad Khadja  
Palilis, Leonidas C.
Date Issued

2022-07-12

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

Published in
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Volume

10

Issue

31

Start page

11063

End page

11104

Subjects

Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Physics, Applied

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Materials Science

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Physics

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hole-conductor-free

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tio2 nanorod arrays

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carbon counter electrode

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coated compact tio2

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low-temperature

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high-performance

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mesoporous tio2

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high-efficiency

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highly efficient

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hysteresis-free

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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August 15, 2022
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