journal article·2026-07-07Open access

Busting the Hot-Phonon Bottleneck and Other Myths in Perovskite Photovoltaics

Hannu P. Pasanen, Vladyslav Hnapovskyi, Shynggys Zhumagali, Stefaan De Wolf, Frédéric Laquai

Abstract

High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide Photoinduced hot charge carriers have garnered a lot of interest in perovskite photovoltaics due to numerous reports on their special attributes. Hot charge carriers, reportedly, can transfer to charge-acceptor layers extremely quickly, diffuse at quasi-ballistic speed, achieve multi-exciton generation, and there are even plans for a hot-carrier solar cell to overcome the Shockley–Queisser limit. We put hot-carrier theories to the test and found that most of them could not be replicated, they have discrepancies with other measurements, or the phenomena can be explained by mundane theories.
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OpenAlex topics: Perovskite Materials and Applications · solar cell performance optimization · Chemical and Physical Properties of Materials

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, Material Science and Engineering Program

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KAUST Solar Platform

Department of Chemistry, LMU Münich, Butenandtstraße 5-13 (E), MunchenD-81377, Germany

Funding

Tekniikan Edistämissäätiö

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