Molecular engineering of contact interfaces for high-performance perovskite solar cells

FH Isikgor, S Zhumagali, LV T. Merino… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Metal-oxide-based charge-transport layers have played a pivotal role in the progress of
perovskite solar cells. Yet metal-oxide/perovskite interfaces are often highly defective, owing …

Rethinking the A cation in halide perovskites

JW Lee, S Tan, SI Seok, Y Yang, NG Park - Science, 2022 - science.org
The A cation in ABX3 organic-inorganic lead halide perovskites (OLHPs) was conventionally
believed to hardly affect their optoelectronic properties. However, more recent developments …

Controlled growth of perovskite layers with volatile alkylammonium chlorides

J Park, J Kim, HS Yun, MJ Paik, E Noh, HJ Mun… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Controlling the crystallinity and surface morphology of perovskite layers by methods such as
solvent engineering, and methylammonium chloride addition,,,–is an effective strategy for …

Inactive (PbI2)2RbCl stabilizes perovskite films for efficient solar cells

Y Zhao, F Ma, Z Qu, S Yu, T Shen, HX Deng, X Chu… - Science, 2022 - science.org
In halide perovskite solar cells the formation of secondary-phase excess lead iodide (PbI2)
has some positive effects on power conversion efficiency (PCE) but can be detrimental to …

Surface reaction for efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells

Q Jiang, J Tong, Y **an, RA Kerner, SP Dunfield… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with an inverted structure (often referred to as the p–i–n
architecture) are attractive for future commercialization owing to their easily scalable …

Minimizing buried interfacial defects for efficient inverted perovskite solar cells

S Zhang, F Ye, X Wang, R Chen, H Zhang, L Zhan… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Controlling the perovskite morphology and defects at the buried perovskite-substrate
interface is challenging for inverted perovskite solar cells. In this work, we report an …

All-perovskite tandem solar cells with improved grain surface passivation

R Lin, J Xu, M Wei, Y Wang, Z Qin, Z Liu, J Wu, K **ao… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
All-perovskite tandem solar cells hold the promise of surpassing the efficiency limits of single-
junction solar cells,–; however, until now, the best-performing all-perovskite tandem solar …

Reducing nonradiative recombination in perovskite solar cells with a porous insulator contact

W Peng, K Mao, F Cai, H Meng, Z Zhu, T Li, S Yuan… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Inserting an ultrathin low-conductivity interlayer between the absorber and transport layer
has emerged as an important strategy for reducing surface recombination in the best …

Rational design of Lewis base molecules for stable and efficient inverted perovskite solar cells

C Li, X Wang, E Bi, F Jiang, SM Park, Y Li, L Chen… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Lewis base molecules that bind undercoordinated lead atoms at interfaces and grain
boundaries (GBs) are known to enhance the durability of metal halide perovskite solar cells …

Quantum-size-tuned heterostructures enable efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells

H Chen, S Teale, B Chen, Y Hou, L Grater, T Zhu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The energy landscape of reduced-dimensional perovskites (RDPs) can be tailored by
adjusting their layer width (n). Recently, two/three-dimensional (2D/3D) heterostructures …