Organometallic Halides-Based Perovskite Solar Cells
Uzma Hira, Muhammad Husnain
The energy crisis is increasing day by day and the natural resources of energy are rapidly decreasing from all around the world. The utilization of solar energy has become popular in the last few years. But the silicone-based solar cells (SCs) are too costly and not easily bought by everyone. A lot of experiments have been performed to make less expensive and more stable solar cells. Currently, scientists are trying to develop SCs through the utilization of organic and inorganic ionic materials. These compounds are usually considered organometallic halides-based perovskite solar cells (OMHP-SCs). They have properties of semiconductors and a remarkable p-n junction. Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have gained the attention of researchers owing to their excellent power conversion efficiency (PCE) and the maximum efficiency obtained so far is ~ 30%. But their instability in the environment ceases the practical application of OMHP-SCs. Therefore, in order to overcome the degradation of PSCs, a large number of passivation methods have been proposed such as suppression of ions, solvent engineering, hole conductor-free perovskite, etc. It is anticipated that OMHP-SCs will be available in the market in the coming years with great stability and PCE.
Keywords
Solar Energy, Perovskite Solar Cells, Organometallic Halide-Based Perovskite Solar Cells, Power Conversion Efficiency, Passivation Methods
Published online 10/15/2023, 34 pages
Citation: Uzma Hira, Muhammad Husnain, Organometallic Halides-Based Perovskite Solar Cells, Materials Research Foundations, Vol. 151, pp 33-66, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644902738-2
Part of the book on Perovskite based Materials for Energy Storage Devices
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