Table Of ContentPEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS
Technology and Practices
PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS
Technology and Practices
Kunwu Fu, PhD
Anita Wing Yi Ho-Baillie, PhD
Hemant Kumar Mulmudi, PhD
Pham Thi Thu Trang, PhD
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Pham Thi Thu Trang, author
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Kunwu Fu, PhD, is now working as an Application Scientist at Bruker
(Beijing) Scientific Technology Co., Ltd. He received his PhD in 2016 at
the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological
University in Singapore in organo-halide perovskite materials in mesoscopic
solar cells after earning his bachelor degree at the same school, studying
the morphological and electrical properties of methylammonium lead iodide
perovskite in the mesoscopic solar cells. His research focused on under-
standing the varying nanostructures of perovskite materials and its impli-
cations to high-efficiency solar cell device. It also extended to exploring
novel small molecule organic materials for hole-transporting layer in high-
efficiency perovskite solar cells.
Anita Wing Yi Ho-Baillie, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Univer-
sity of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. Her research interests in the
field of photovoltaics include high-efficiency silicon solar cells, tandem
solar cells, perovskite solar cells, integration of photovoltaics for a wide
range of applications, and manufacturing cost analysis. She has been leading
the perovskite solar cell research group at UNSW since 2013 and in 2016
announced the energy conversion efficiency records for the largest certified
monolithic perovskite solar cells. She obtained her PhD at UNSW in 2005.
Hemant Kumar Mulmudi, PhD, is currently working as a research
fellow at the Research School of Engineering, Australian National Univer-
sity, on the processing and characterization of perovskite solar cells. This
encompasses investigating the phase segregation and the quantum yield of
perovskite films for application in silicon-perovskite tandem solar cells.
This involves advanced concepts of particle-wave-matter interaction at the
nanoscale regime. His interests span from synthesizing nanomaterials via
inexpensive solution-processed methods to integrating them in functional
solar photovoltaic devices and fuel cells. He was the first to demonstrate
stable and functional inorganic material-based lead-free perovskite solar cell
(cesium tin iodide) as photon absorber using solution-processed methods.
His inquisitive nature drives him to go beyond to understand the underlying
vi About the Authors
physics and modus operandi of these devices, which has been crucial in
expanding this technology to other applications and configurations. Owing
to his passion and drive, he led a group of PhD students and postgraduate
staff to develop lead-free alternative materials for energy harvesting appli-
cations at the Energy Research Institute @NTU, leading to several publica-
tions. His contributions to the field of materials science and engineering
have been communicated to several high-impact refereed journals. He also
believes in scientific outreach and is passionate about expressing his views
and scientific findings at various conferences, workshops, and guest lectures
at universities. He loves to teach and has taken every opportunity to teach
about solar cells and their global imprint to high school and undergraduate
students respectively. He loves innovative approaches in device engineering
that minimize the processing steps in building complex systems leading to
enhancements in photovoltaic parameters of a solar cell. With a PhD in
materials science from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, an
MS in nanotechnology from the Ulm University, Germany, and a bachelor’s
degree in metallurgical and materials engineering from the Indian Institute
of Technology-Roorkee, India, he is highly knowledgeable and proficient in
his subject.
Pham Thi Thu Trang, PhD, is currently working as R&D director at IREX
Energy Joint stock company, a member of SolarBK, Vietnamese’s leading
green energy utility company. Previously, she was a lecturer at the Univer-
sity of Engineering and Technology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
Her research varies from chemical synthesis of nanostructured materials for
dye-sensitized solar cells and perovskite solar cells and device fabrication
and characterization to performance enhancement for solar modules in solar
farm, rooftop, and BIPV applications. She obtained her PhD degree from
Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and completed her postdocs
at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France.
CONTENTS
Contributors ................................................................................................ix
Abbreviations ..............................................................................................xi
Preface. ......................................................................................................xv
PART I: INTRODUCTION TO PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS....................1
Anita Wing Yi Ho-Baillie, Hemant Kumar Mulmudi, and Pham Thi Thu Trang
1. Perovskites Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications ................................3
2. Typical Configurations of Perovskite Solar Cells ......................................39
3. Current Status of High-Efficiency Solar Cells ...........................................65
4. Durability and Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells ....................................77
PART II: ELECTRON-TRANSPORTING LAYERS IN
PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS ........................................................................93
Pham Thi Thu Trang and Hemant Kumar Mulmudi
5. Metal Oxides as Electron Selective Contact ..............................................95
6. Organic N-Type Materials.........................................................................139
PART III: HOLE-TRANSPORTING LAYERS IN PEROVSKITE
SOLAR CELLS ..................................................................................................157
Kunwu Fu and Pham Thi Thu Trang
7. Organic Hole-Transporting Materials .....................................................159
8. Inorganic Hole-Transporting Materials...................................................183
9. Hole-Transporting Free Perovskite Solar Cells.......................................201
PART IV: LEAD-FREE PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS.............................219
Hemant Kumar Mulmudi and Anita Wing Yi Ho-Baillie
10. Tin-Based Perovskites ................................................................................221
11. Germanium-Based Perovskites .................................................................235
12. Copper-Based Perovskites .........................................................................239
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13. Double Perovskites .....................................................................................245
14. Bismuth-Based Perovskites .......................................................................251
15. Antimony-Based Perovskites ....................................................................261
PART V: TANDEM PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS AND OTHER
ASPECTS............................................................................................................269
Anita Wing Yi Ho-Baillie
16. Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells for Photovoltaics ...................................271
17. Life Cycle Assessments ..............................................................................285
18. Commercial Prospects and Manufacturing Costs ..................................297
Index .....................................................................................................................305
CONTRIBUTORS
Kunwu Fu
NanoSurface Division, Bruker (Beijing) Scientific Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing, China
E-mail: [email protected]
Anita Wing Yi Ho-Baillie
School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales, New South
Wales, 2052 Australia
E-mail: [email protected]
Hemant Kumar Mulmudi
College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University, Australian Capital
Territory, 2600 Australia
E-mail: [email protected]
Pham Thi Thu Trang
Bach Khoa Investment & Development of Solar energy corporation, No. 47, Le Van Thinh Street, Quarter
5, BrinhTrung Dong ward, District 2, HCMC, Vietnam
E-mail: [email protected]
