Recent progress in inorganic tin perovskite solar cells. (January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Miaomiao; Zhang, Zhiguo; Cao, Honghao; Zhang, Tao; Yu, Haixuan; Du, Jianying; Shen, Yan; Zhang, Xiao-Li; Zhu, Jun; Chen, Peter; Wang, Mingkui
• Is Part Of: Materials today energy. Volume 23(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-01
• Subjects: Inorganic perovskite -- Oxidation -- Stability -- Power conversion efficiency; Energy development -- Periodicals; Energy industries -- Periodicals; Power resources -- Periodicals; Energy policy -- Periodicals; Energy development; Energy industries; Energy policy; Power resources; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 621.042
• DOI: 10.1016/j.mtener.2021.100891
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2468-6069

Abstract

Abstract: Perovskite solar cell is a bright star in the field of photovoltaic technology. Recently, tin-based perovskites have attracted increasing attention to solve the toxicity faced by those lead halide perovskite compounds. Especially, an extensive investigation on inorganic tin perovskites with essential thermal stability and tunable optical bandgap has been initialized, and progress have been observed in photovoltaics based on them. At present, the maximum power conversion efficiency of solar cells using inorganic tin-based perovskite layer as light absorber has exceeded 10%. We notice Sn 2+ oxidation is an unavoidable and critical issue for this type of device, representing unstable performing inferior to their lead-based counterparts. In this review, we mainly focus on the origin of Sn 2+ oxidation for inorganic tin-based perovskites and the correlated degradation mechanism, as well as techniques to characterize their effect on device performance. We discuss several promising approaches to inhibiting the oxidation of Sn 2+ and improving the stability of devices. We further outlook the effective solutions for inorganic tin-based perovskites for solar cells application with the purpose of augment photovoltaic performance, including power conversion efficiency and device stability, under working condition. Graphical abstract: Image 1 Highlights: Oxidation is an unavoidable and critical issue in solution-processable Tin-based perovskites and their devices. We mainly focus on the effect of oxidation on the stability of CsPbI3 . We discuss several promising approaches to inhibiting the oxidation of Sn 2+ and improving the stability of devices.