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Are metal-halide perovskite solar cells a viable alternative to polycrystalline materials?

In just over a decade, the power conversion efficiency of metal-halide perovskite solar cells has increased from 3.9% to 25.5%, suggesting this technology might be ready for large-scale exploitation in industrial applications. Photovoltaic devices based on perovskite single crystals are emerging as a viable alternative to polycrystalline materials.

How efficient are perovskite single-crystal solar cells?

Using a mixed FA 0.6 MA 0.4 composition they managed to redshift the EQE absorbance cutoff of about 50 nm (Figure 13c), resulting in an increase of the JSC from about 24 mA cm −2 to about 26 mA cm −2 resulting in a remarkable PCE of 22.8%, which is the actual record efficiency for perovskite single-crystal solar cells.

Does type of ETL affect the performance of single-crystal perovskite solar cells?

Therefore, although the type of HTL or ETL can have a great impact on the performance of a photovoltaic device, a correlation between type of ETL (or HTL) and efficiency of single-crystal perovskite solar cells has to be established, given the limited number of HTL or ETL investigated so far for these kinds of devices.

Why are hybrid pvks a good choice for solar cells?

The good performance of hybrid PVKs in solar cells stems from their superior optoelectronic properties. They are direct-bandgap semiconductors, with electronic structure mainly determined by the halides, with strong contribution of the halide p orbitals to the optical transition.