Since the ground-breaking report of the 9.7% efficient and 500 h-stable solid-state perovskite solar cell (PSC) in 2012 based on methylammonium lead iodide, researches on perovskite photovoltaics surged swiftly due to high power conversion efficiency (PCE) obtainable via facile fabrication procedure. As a result, a PCE of 25.7% was recorded in 2022. According to Web of Science, number of publications on PSCs increases exponentially since 2012, leading to the accumulated publications of more than 26,000 as of March, 2022. PSC is thus regarded as a game changer in photovoltaics because of low-cost and high efficiency surpassing the conventional high efficiency thin film technologies such as CIGS and CdTe. High photovoltaic performance was realized by compositional engineering, device architecture and fabrication methodologies for the past 10 years. Toward theoretical efficiency over 30%, in-depth fundamental studies on opto-electronic properties of perovskite films are required for next 10 years. In addition, issues unanswered for commercialization will be discussed and methods to solve those issues are proposed, along with a brief history and progress of PSCs.

Perovskite solar cell: A game changer in photovoltaics

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