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Stability improvement under high efficiency—next stage development of perovskite solar cells

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With efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) overpassing 23%, to realize their commercialization, the biggest challenge now is to boost the stability to the same level as conventional solar cells. Thus, tremendous effort has been directed over the past few years toward improving the stability of these cells. Various methods were used to improve the stability of bulk perovskites, including compositional engineering, interface adjustment, dimensional manipulation, crystal engineering, and grain boundary decoration. Diverse device configurations, carrier transporting layers, and counter electrodes are investigated. To compare the stability of PSCs and clarify the degradation mechanism, diverse characterization methods were developed. Overall stability of PSCs has become one central topic for the development of PSCs. In this review, we summarize the state-of-the-art progress on the improvement of device stability and discuss the directions for future research, hoping it provides an overview of the current status of the research on the stability of PSCs and guidelines for future research.

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This work was supported by the the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2015AA034601, 2016YFA0204000), the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (21571129, 21702069, 91733301, 91433203, 61474049, 51502141, 51761145042, 51627803, 91433205, 51421002, 11874402), ShanghaiTech Start-up Funding, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, the Program for HUST Academic Frontier Youth Team, the Science and Technology Department of Hubei Province (2017AAA190) and the Double first-class research funding of China-EU Institute for Clean and Renewable Energy (RP-2018-SOLAR-001, RP-2018-SOLAR-002), and the International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (112111KYSB20170089). J. Shi and Q. Meng appreciate the valuable help from Mr. Jionghua Wu and Ms. Yiming Li of Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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Yu, D., Hu, Y., Shi, J. et al. Stability improvement under high efficiency—next stage development of perovskite solar cells. Sci. China Chem. 62, 684–707 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-019-9448-3

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