Organic Charge Carriers for Perovskite Solar Cells

ChemSusChem. 2015 Sep 21;8(18):3012-28. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201500742. Epub 2015 Aug 27.

Abstract

The photovoltaic field is currently experiencing the "perovskite revolution". These materials have been known for decades, but only recently have they been applied in solid-state solar cells to obtain outstanding power conversion efficiencies. Given that the variety of perovskites used so far is limited, a lot of attention has been devoted to the development of suitable organic charge-transport materials to improve device performance. In this article, we will focus on the most promising materials able to transport electrons or holes from a structural point of view. Thereby, we focus on organic materials owing to their ease of preparation and manipulation, and this is nicely combined with the potential tuning of their properties through chemical synthesis.

Keywords: charge transfer; electron transfer; hole-transport material; perovskite; solar cells.

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