Communications Materials (Dec 2022)

Challenges and strategies toward long-term stability of lead-free tin-based perovskite solar cells

  • Ece Aktas,
  • Nagalingam Rajamanickam,
  • Jorge Pascual,
  • Shuaifeng Hu,
  • Mahmoud H. Aldamasy,
  • Diego Di Girolamo,
  • Wenhui Li,
  • Giuseppe Nasti,
  • Eugenia Martínez-Ferrero,
  • Atsushi Wakamiya,
  • Emilio Palomares,
  • Antonio Abate

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-022-00327-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Lead-based halide perovskite solar cells offer attractive power conversion efficiencies, but the release of lead into the environment is a major concern. Here, lead-free, tin-based perovskites are reviewed as an alternative, with a focus on how to extend their long-term stability.