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Fengjun Ye, Wenqiang Yang, Deying Luo, Rui Zhu, Qihuang Gong. Applications of cesium in the perovskite solar cells[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2017, 38(1): 011003. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/38/1/011003
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F J Ye, W Q Yang, D Y Luo, R Zhu, Q H Gong. Applications of cesium in the perovskite solar cells[J]. J. Semicond., 2017, 38(1): 011003. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/38/1/011003.
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Applications of cesium in the perovskite solar cells
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/38/1/011003
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Abstract
Perovskite solar cells have experienced an unprecedented rapid development in the power conversion efficiency (PCE) during the past 7 years, and the record PCE has been already comparable to the traditional polycrystalline silicon solar cells. Presently, it is more urgent to address the challenge on device stability for the future commercial application. Recently, the inorganic cesium lead halide perovskite has been intensively studied as one of the alternative candidates to improve device stability through controlling the phase transition. The cesium (Cs)-doped perovskites show more superior stability comparing with organic methylammonium (MA) lead halide perovskite or formamidinium (FA) lead halide perovskite. Here, recent progress of the inorganic cesium application in organic-inorganic perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is highlighted from the viewpoints of the device efficiency and the device stability.-
Keywords:
- cesium,
- perovskite solar cells,
- device efficiency,
- device stability
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