TY - JOUR
T1 - Prospects for low-toxicity lead-free perovskite solar cells
AU - Ke, Weijun
AU - Kanatzidis, Mercouri G.
N1 - Funding Information:
Our study has been supported by the LEAP Center, an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, and Office of Basic Energy Sciences under Award DE-SC0001059.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, The Author(s).
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - Since the 2012 breakthroughs 1–3 , it is now very much accepted that halide perovskite solar cells may have a strong practical impact in next-generation solar cells. The most efficient solar cells are using Pb-based halide perovskites. The presence of Pb in these devices, however, has caused some concerns due to the high perceived toxicity of Pb, which may slow down or even hinder the pace of commercialization. Therefore, the science community has been searching for lower-toxicity perovskite-type materials as a back-up strategy. The community is paying significant attention to Pb-free materials and has achieved promising results albeit not yet approaching the spectacular performance of APbI 3 materials. In this comment, we summarize the present status and future prospects for Pb-free perovskite materials and their devices.
AB - Since the 2012 breakthroughs 1–3 , it is now very much accepted that halide perovskite solar cells may have a strong practical impact in next-generation solar cells. The most efficient solar cells are using Pb-based halide perovskites. The presence of Pb in these devices, however, has caused some concerns due to the high perceived toxicity of Pb, which may slow down or even hinder the pace of commercialization. Therefore, the science community has been searching for lower-toxicity perovskite-type materials as a back-up strategy. The community is paying significant attention to Pb-free materials and has achieved promising results albeit not yet approaching the spectacular performance of APbI 3 materials. In this comment, we summarize the present status and future prospects for Pb-free perovskite materials and their devices.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41467-019-08918-3
DO - 10.1038/s41467-019-08918-3
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 30814499
AN - SCOPUS:85062149701
SN - 2041-1723
VL - 10
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
IS - 1
M1 - 965
ER -