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Quest for Lead-Free Perovskite-Based Solar Cells

In: A Guide to Small-Scale Energy Harvesting Techniques

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  • Sajid Sajid
  • Jun Ji
  • Haoran Jiang
  • Xin Liu
  • Mingjun Duan
  • Dong Wei
  • Peng Cui
  • Hao Huang
  • Shangyi Dou
  • Lihua Chu
  • Yingfeng Li
  • Bing Jiang
  • Meicheng Li

Abstract

Today, the perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are showing excellent potentials in terms of simple processing, abundance of materials, and architectural integration, as well as very promising device's power conversion efficiencies (PCEs), rocketed from 3.8% in 2009 to 23.3% in 2018. However, the toxic lead (Pb) element containing the chemical composition of typically used organic-inorganic halide perovskites hinders the practical applications of PSCs. This chapter starts with a general discussion on the perovskite crystal structure along with the serious efforts focused on Pb replacement in these devices. Section 2 will elaborate the fundamental features of tin (Sn)-based perovskites together with their performance in the PSCs. Other alternative elements, such as copper (Cu), germanium (Ge), bismuth (Bi), and antimony (Sb), will be discussed in Section 3. The end will summarize the challenges and opportunities based on the chapter contents.

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  • Sajid Sajid & Jun Ji & Haoran Jiang & Xin Liu & Mingjun Duan & Dong Wei & Peng Cui & Hao Huang & Shangyi Dou & Lihua Chu & Yingfeng Li & Bing Jiang & Meicheng Li, 2020. "Quest for Lead-Free Perovskite-Based Solar Cells," Chapters, in: Reccab Ochieng Manyala (ed.), A Guide to Small-Scale Energy Harvesting Techniques, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:174677
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.83360
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    Keywords

    toxicity; stability; lead-free perovskites; chemical composition;
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    • Q40 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - General

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