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Searching for promising new perovskite-based photovoltaic absorbers: The importance of electronic dimensionality

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Xiao, Z; Meng, W; Wang, J; Mitzi, DB; Yan, Y
Published in: Materials Horizons
March 1, 2017

Searching for promising nontoxic and air-stable perovskite absorbers for solar cell applications has drawn extensive attention. Here, we show that a promising perovskite absorber should exhibit a high electronic dimensionality. Semiconductors that exhibit a high structural dimensionality, but a low electronic dimensionality have less promise as an absorber, because of barriers to isotropic current flow, enhanced electron/hole effective masses and fundamentally deeper defect states (more effective at causing recombination). Our concept accounts for the device performance of the perovskite-based solar cells reported in literature so far.

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Materials Horizons

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EISSN

2051-6355

ISSN

2051-6347

Publication Date

March 1, 2017

Volume

4

Issue

2

Start / End Page

206 / 216

Related Subject Headings

  • 4016 Materials engineering
  • 4004 Chemical engineering
  • 3403 Macromolecular and materials chemistry
  • 0912 Materials Engineering
  • 0904 Chemical Engineering
  • 0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry
 

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Xiao, Z., Meng, W., Wang, J., Mitzi, D. B., & Yan, Y. (2017). Searching for promising new perovskite-based photovoltaic absorbers: The importance of electronic dimensionality. Materials Horizons, 4(2), 206–216. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6mh00519e
Xiao, Z., W. Meng, J. Wang, D. B. Mitzi, and Y. Yan. “Searching for promising new perovskite-based photovoltaic absorbers: The importance of electronic dimensionality.” Materials Horizons 4, no. 2 (March 1, 2017): 206–16. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6mh00519e.
Xiao Z, Meng W, Wang J, Mitzi DB, Yan Y. Searching for promising new perovskite-based photovoltaic absorbers: The importance of electronic dimensionality. Materials Horizons. 2017 Mar 1;4(2):206–16.
Xiao, Z., et al. “Searching for promising new perovskite-based photovoltaic absorbers: The importance of electronic dimensionality.” Materials Horizons, vol. 4, no. 2, Mar. 2017, pp. 206–16. Scopus, doi:10.1039/c6mh00519e.
Xiao Z, Meng W, Wang J, Mitzi DB, Yan Y. Searching for promising new perovskite-based photovoltaic absorbers: The importance of electronic dimensionality. Materials Horizons. 2017 Mar 1;4(2):206–216.
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Published In

Materials Horizons

DOI

EISSN

2051-6355

ISSN

2051-6347

Publication Date

March 1, 2017

Volume

4

Issue

2

Start / End Page

206 / 216

Related Subject Headings

  • 4016 Materials engineering
  • 4004 Chemical engineering
  • 3403 Macromolecular and materials chemistry
  • 0912 Materials Engineering
  • 0904 Chemical Engineering
  • 0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry