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Organic Charge Carriers for Perovskite Solar Cells
Author(s) -
Völker Sebastian F.,
Collavini Silvia,
Delgado Juan Luis
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201500742
Subject(s) - perovskite (structure) , charge carrier , materials science , charge (physics) , organic solar cell , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , chemistry , engineering physics , chemical physics , physics , optoelectronics , crystallography , polymer , engineering , composite material , quantum mechanics
The photovoltaic field is currently experiencing the “perovskite revolution”. These materials have been known for decades, but only recently have they been applied in solid‐state solar cells to obtain outstanding power conversion efficiencies. Given that the variety of perovskites used so far is limited, a lot of attention has been devoted to the development of suitable organic charge‐transport materials to improve device performance. In this article, we will focus on the most promising materials able to transport electrons or holes from a structural point of view. Thereby, we focus on organic materials owing to their ease of preparation and manipulation, and this is nicely combined with the potential tuning of their properties through chemical synthesis.