Proceedings of MATSUS Spring 2025 Conference (MATSUSSpring25)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.matsusspring.2025.046
Publication date: 16th December 2024
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 is the most obvious alternative to Pb, producing degradation materials less toxic and presenting the highest performance among the different Pb-free halide perovskites, but presenting a lower stability than their Pb-containing counterparts. In this talk, we highlight how with the proper additives and encapsulation Sn-based halide perovskites can increase significantly their stability allowing their efficient application in tin iodide perovskite solar cells. Nevertheless, as in the case of Pb-based halide perovskite the potential applications of tin-perovskites is not limited to photovoltaic devices. In addition, we report the use in Sn-based LEDs, photodetectors and to drive photocatalytical reactions.