journal article·2021-08-13

Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells with High Power-Per-Weight: Progress, Application, and Perspectives

Yingzhen Hu, Tingting Niu, Yanghua Liu, Yipeng Zhou, Yingdong Xia, Chenxin Ran, Zhongbin Wu, Lin Song, Peter Müller-Buschbaum, Yonghua Chen, Wei Huang

ACS Energy Letters· Volume 6· Issue 8
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Abstract

In our day-to-day lives, advances in lightweight and flexible photovoltaics will promote a new generation of soft electronics and machines requiring high power-per-weight. Ultrathin flexible perovskite solar cells (F-PSCs) with high power-per-weight have displayed a unique potential for specific applications where lower weight, higher flexibility, and conformability are indispensable. This Review highlights the recent progress and practical applications of ultrathin and lightweight F-PSCs and demonstrates the routes toward enhanced device efficiency and improved mechanical and environmental stability concerning the choice of flexible substrates and the development of high-performance functional layers and flexible transparent electrodes. The fabrication technologies for mass production of efficient F-PSCs at large scale are then summarized, including continuous roll-to-roll methods integrated with low-temperature process. Furthermore, the practical applications focused on self-powered wearable electronic devices, solar-powered miniature unmanned aerial vehicles, and even solar modules operating in near-space are elaborated. Finally, the current challenging issues and future perspective are discussed, aiming to promote more extensive applications and commercialization processes for lightweight F-PSCs.
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OpenAlex topics: Perovskite Materials and Applications · Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties · Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films

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Affiliations

Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics (FSCFE), Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), and Shaanxi Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering (SIBME), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), 127 West Youyi Road, Xi’an 710072, China

School of Metallurgical Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (XAUAT), Xi’an 710055, Shaanxi, China

Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institution of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, Jiangsu, China

Lehrstuhl für Funktionelle Materialien, Physik Department, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Straße 1, 85748 Garching, Germany

Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ), Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 1, 85748 Garching, Germany

Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, P.R. China

Funding

Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China · National Natural Science Foundation of China · Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China · Projects of International Cooperation and Exchanges NSFC · â??Six talent peaksâ? Project in Jiangsu Province · Jiangsu Specially Appointed Professor program

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