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The Role of Charge Selective Contacts in Perovskite Solar Cell Stability
Author(s) -
Roose Bart,
Wang Qiong,
Abate Antonio
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced energy materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.08
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1614-6840
pISSN - 1614-6832
DOI - 10.1002/aenm.201803140
Subject(s) - perovskite (structure) , materials science , halide , photovoltaic system , solar cell , perovskite solar cell , optoelectronics , nanotechnology , metal , engineering physics , chemical engineering , inorganic chemistry , electrical engineering , chemistry , engineering , metallurgy
Lead halide perovskite solar cells have rapidly achieved high efficiencies comparable to established commercial photovoltaic technologies. The main focus of the field is now shifting toward improving the device lifetime. Many efforts have been made to increase the stability of the perovskite compound and charge‐selective contacts. The electron and hole selective contacts are responsible for the transport of photogenerated charges out of the solar cell and are in intimate contact with the perovskite absorber. Besides the intrinsic stability of the selective contacts themselves, the interfaces at perovskite/selective contact and metal/selective contact play an important role in determining the overall operational lifetime of perovskite solar cells. This review discusses the impact of external factors, i.e., heat, UV‐light, oxygen, and moisture, and measured conditions, i.e., applied bias on the overall stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The authors summarize and analyze the reported strategies, i.e., material engineering of selective contacts and interface engineering via the introduction of interlayers in the aim of enhancing the device stability of PSCs at elevated temperatures, high humidity, and UV irradiation. Finally, an outlook is provided with an emphasis on inorganic contacts that is believed to be the key to achieving highly stable PSCs.