Recent advances of interface engineering in inverted perovskite solar cells
Shiqi Yu(余诗琪)1,2, Zhuang Xiong(熊壮)1,2, Zhenhan Wang(王振涵)1,2, Haitao Zhou(周海涛)1,2, Fei Ma(马飞)1,2, Zihan Qu(瞿子涵)1,2, Yang Zhao(赵洋)1,2, Xinbo Chu(楚新波)1,2, and Jingbi You(游经碧)1,2,†
1. Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China; 2. Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Abstract Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have witnessed great achievement in the past decade. Most of previous researches focus on the n—i—p structure of PSCs with ultra-high efficiency. While the n—i—p devices usually used the unstable charge transport layers, such as the hygroscopic doped spiro-OMeTAD, which affect the long-term stability. The inverted device with the p—i—n structure owns better stability when using stable undoped organic molecular or metal oxide materials. There are significant progresses in inverted PSCs, most of them related to charge transport or interface engineering. In this review, we will mainly summarize the inverted PSCs progresses related to the interface engineering. After that, we prospect the future direction on inverted PSCs.
Fund: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61925405) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2020YFB1506400).
Corresponding Authors:
Jingbi You
E-mail: jyou@semi.ac.cn
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Shiqi Yu(余诗琪), Zhuang Xiong(熊壮), Zhenhan Wang(王振涵), Haitao Zhou(周海涛), Fei Ma(马飞), Zihan Qu(瞿子涵), Yang Zhao(赵洋), Xinbo Chu(楚新波), and Jingbi You(游经碧) Recent advances of interface engineering in inverted perovskite solar cells 2022 Chin. Phys. B 31 107307
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