Perovskites: transforming photovoltaics, a mini-review

Chilvery, Ashwith Kumar; Batra, Ashok K.; Yang, Bin; Xiao, Kai; Guggilla, Padmaja; Aggarwal, Mohan D.; Surabhi, Raja; Lal, Ravi B.; Currie, James R.; Penn, Benjamin G.

doi:10.1117/1.JPE.5.057402

Title: Perovskites: transforming photovoltaics, a mini-review

Abstract

The recent power-packed advent of perovskite solar cells is transforming photovoltaics (PV) with their superior efficiencies, ease of fabrication, and cost. This perovskite solar cell further boasts of many unexplored features that can further enhance its PV properties and lead to it being branded as a successful commercial product. This paper provides a detailed insight of the organometal halide based perovskite structure, its unique stoichiometric design, and its underlying principles for PV applications. Finally, the compatibility of various PV layers and its fabrication methods is also discussed.

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Chilvery, Ashwith Kumar ^[1]; Batra, Ashok K. ^[2]; Yang, Bin ^[3]; Xiao, Kai ^[3]; Guggilla, Padmaja ^[2]; Aggarwal, Mohan D. ^[2]; Surabhi, Raja ^[2]; Lal, Ravi B. ^[2]; Currie, James R. ^[4]; Penn, Benjamin G. ^[4]

Talladega College, AL (United States). Dept. of Physics; Alabama A&M Univ., Normal, AL (United States). Dept. of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Material Science Group
Alabama A&M Univ., Normal, AL (United States). Dept. of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Material Science Group
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Material Science
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Huntsville, AL (United States). Sensors Group

Publication Date:: Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 2015

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)

Contributing Org.:: Alabama A&M Univ., Normal, AL (United States); NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Huntsville, AL (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 1265554

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Photonics for Energy

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1947-7988

Publisher:: SPIE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 14 SOLAR ENERGY; perovskites; charge transport; dielectric; photovoltaics; efficiency

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                    Chilvery, Ashwith Kumar, Batra, Ashok K., Yang, Bin, Xiao, Kai, Guggilla, Padmaja, Aggarwal, Mohan D., Surabhi, Raja, Lal, Ravi B., Currie, James R., and Penn, Benjamin G. Perovskites: transforming photovoltaics, a mini-review.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Chilvery, Ashwith Kumar, Batra, Ashok K., Yang, Bin, Xiao, Kai, Guggilla, Padmaja, Aggarwal, Mohan D., Surabhi, Raja, Lal, Ravi B., Currie, James R., & Penn, Benjamin G. Perovskites: transforming photovoltaics, a mini-review.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.5.057402

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                    Chilvery, Ashwith Kumar, Batra, Ashok K., Yang, Bin, Xiao, Kai, Guggilla, Padmaja, Aggarwal, Mohan D., Surabhi, Raja, Lal, Ravi B., Currie, James R., and Penn, Benjamin G. Tue .  
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  title        = {Perovskites: transforming photovoltaics, a mini-review},

  author       = {Chilvery, Ashwith Kumar and Batra, Ashok K. and Yang, Bin and Xiao, Kai and Guggilla, Padmaja and Aggarwal, Mohan D. and Surabhi, Raja and Lal, Ravi B. and Currie, James R. and Penn, Benjamin G.},

  abstractNote = {The recent power-packed advent of perovskite solar cells is transforming photovoltaics (PV) with their superior efficiencies, ease of fabrication, and cost. This perovskite solar cell further boasts of many unexplored features that can further enhance its PV properties and lead to it being branded as a successful commercial product. This paper provides a detailed insight of the organometal halide based perovskite structure, its unique stoichiometric design, and its underlying principles for PV applications. Finally, the compatibility of various PV layers and its fabrication methods is also discussed.},

  doi          = {10.1117/1.JPE.5.057402},

  journal      = {Journal of Photonics for Energy},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 5,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 2015},

  month        = {Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 2015}

}

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