Proceedings of MATSUS Spring 2024 Conference (MATSUS24)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.matsus.2024.256
Publication date: 18th December 2023
Halide perovskite solar cells have revolutionized the photovoltaic field in the last decade. In a decade of intensive research it has been a huge improvement in the performance of these devices, however, the two main drawbacks of this system, the use of hazardous Pb and the long term stability, still to be open questions that have not been fully addressed. Sn-based perovskite solar cells are the devices presenting the highest performance after Pb-based but significantly below them. In addition, Sn-based perovskite solar cells exhibit a long term stability lower than their Pb containing counterparts, making stability their main problem. In this talk, we highlight how the use of proper additives and light soaking for defect engineering can increase significantly the stability of formamidinium tin iodide (FASnI3) solar cells, and discuss about the different mechanism affecting this stability, beyond the oxidation of Sn2+, and how they can be countered, analyzing specially the light soaking treatment. In addition, the up-scaling of these devices by the use of blade coating introduces new challenges that will be analyzed in this talk. Beyond perovskite solar cells halide perovskite are outstanding for the development of other optoelectronic device, causing that currently the research with these materials widespread to different optoelectronic fields. Preparation and optimization of Sn-based LEDs will be discussed as well as the possibilities of fabrication with industrially friendly methods as inkjet printing.