Proceedings of Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MAT-SUS) (NFM22)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.nfm.2022.146
Publication date: 11th July 2022
Halide perovskites quickly overrun research activities in new materials for cost-effective and high-efficiency photovoltaic technologies. Since the first demonstration from Kojima and co-workers in 2009, several perovskite-based solar cells have been reported and certified with rapidly improving power conversion efficiency. Recent reports demonstrated that perovskites could compete with the most efficient photovoltaic materials. At the same time, they still allow processing from solutions as a potential advantage to delivering a cost-effective solar technology.
The most stable and efficient perovskite contains lead, among the most toxic elements on earth. The lead from perovskite is more dangerous than other lead contaminants since it is absorbed rapidly from plants, and thus passed to the food chain, if dispersed in the environment. Lead-free alternatives have been reported with impressive progress in power conversion efficiency for tin-based (lead-free) perovskites. However, the stability of tin-based perovskite solar cells is still unexplored. In the present talk, we will focus on the strength of tin-based (lead-free) perovskite solar cells.
This work has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 804519).