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Towards stable and commercially available perovskite solar cells

Park, Nam-Gyu
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Gratzel, Michael  
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Miyasaka, Tsutomu
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2016
Nature Energy

Solar cells employing a halide perovskite with an organic cation now show power conversion efficiency of up to 22%. However, these cells are facing issues towards commercialization, such as the need to achieve long-term stability and the development of a manufacturing method for the reproducible fabrication of high-performance devices. Here, we propose a strategy to obtain stable and commercially viable perovskite solar cells. A reproducible manufacturing method is suggested, as well as routes to manage grain boundaries and interfacial charge transport. Electroluminescence is regarded as a metric to gauge theoretical efficiency. We highlight how optimizing the design of device architectures is important not only for achieving high efficiency but also for hysteresis-free and stable performance. We argue that reliable device characterization is needed to ensure the advance of this technology towards practical applications. We believe that perovskite-based devices can be competitive with silicon solar modules, and discuss issues related to the safe management of toxic material.

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DOI
10.1038/Nenergy.2016.152
Web of Science ID

WOS:000394791200001

Author(s)
Park, Nam-Gyu
Gratzel, Michael  
Miyasaka, Tsutomu
Zhu, Kai
Emery, Keith
Date Issued

2016

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Published in
Nature Energy
Volume

1

Article Number

16152

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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March 27, 2017
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