Issue 6, 2023

Recent advances in carbon-based materials for high-performance perovskite solar cells: gaps, challenges and fulfillment

Abstract

Presently, carbon-based nanomaterials have shown tremendous potential for energy conversion applications. Especially, carbon-based materials have emerged as excellent candidates for the fabrication of halide perovskite-based solar cells, which may lead to their commercialization. In the last decade, PSCs have rapidly developed, and these hybrid devices demonstrate a comparable performance to silicon-based solar cells in terms of power conversion efficiency (PCE). However, PSCs lag behind silicon-based solar cells due to their poor stability and durability. Generally, noble metals such gold and silver are employed as back electrode materials during the fabrication of PSCs. However, the use of these expensive rare metals is associated with some issues, urgently necessitating the search for cost-effective materials, which can realize the commercial applications of PSCs due to their interesting properties. Thus, the present review shows how carbon-based materials can become the main candidates for the development of highly efficient and stable PSCs. Carbon-based materials such as carbon black, graphite, graphene nanosheets (2D/3D), carbon nanotubes (CNTs), carbon dots, graphene quantum dots (GQDs) and carbon nanosheets show potential for the laboratory and large-scale fabrication of solar cells and modules. Carbon-based PSCs can achieve efficient and long-term stability for both rigid and flexible substrates because of their high conductivity and excellent hydrophobicity, thus showing good results in comparison to metal electrode-based PSCs. Thus, the present review also demonstrates and discusses the latest state-of-the-art and recent advances for carbon-based PSCs. Furthermore, we present perspectives on the cost-effective synthesis of carbon-based materials for the broader view of the future sustainability of carbon-based PSCs.

Graphical abstract: Recent advances in carbon-based materials for high-performance perovskite solar cells: gaps, challenges and fulfillment

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
03 jan. 2023
Accepted
06 feb. 2023
First published
17 feb. 2023
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale Adv., 2023,5, 1492-1526

Recent advances in carbon-based materials for high-performance perovskite solar cells: gaps, challenges and fulfillment

S. Pandey, M. Karakoti, D. Bhardwaj, G. Tatrari, R. Sharma, L. Pandey, M. Lee and N. G. Sahoo, Nanoscale Adv., 2023, 5, 1492 DOI: 10.1039/D3NA00005B

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