Lead‐Free Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Perovskites for Photovoltaic Applications: Recent Advances and Perspectives
- 3 February 2017
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Advanced Materials
- Vol. 29 (16)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201605005
Abstract
Organic–inorganic hybrid halide perovskites (e.g., MAPbI3) have recently emerged as novel active materials for photovoltaic applications with power conversion efficiency over 22%. Conventional perovskite solar cells (PSCs); however, suffer the issue that lead is toxic to the environment and organisms for a long time and is hard to excrete from the body. Therefore, it is imperative to find environmentally‐friendly metal ions to replace lead for the further development of PSCs. Previous work has demonstrated that Sn, Ge, Cu, Bi, and Sb ions could be used as alternative ions in perovskite configurations to form a new environmentally‐friendly lead‐free perovskite structure. Here, we review recent progress on lead‐free PSCs in terms of the theoretical insight and experimental explorations of the crystal structure of lead‐free perovskite, thin film deposition, and device performance. We also discuss the importance of obtaining further understanding of the fundamental properties of lead‐free hybrid perovskites, especially those related to photophysics.Keywords
Funding Information
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (55135039, 55135040)
- Nanjing Tech University (3983500160, 3983500151, ZKRC201514)
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