Table 1 Key findings from PSC studies.
Author | PSC structure | Performance | Key findings | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hao et al. | MASnI3 | PCE of 5.7% | First Successful Fabrication | |
Zhao et al. | MASnI3 | Improved PCE to 6.4% | Increasing stability b reducing defects | |
Umari et al. | MASnI3 | Superior properties of MASnI3 compared to MAPbI3 | Many-body perturbation theory | |
Qi et al. | MASnI3 | PCE of 11.12% | Sequential deposition and Oxidation mitigation | |
Mathews et al. | Ge-based | MAGeI3 and CsGeI3 PSCs with PCEs of 0.11% and 0.2% respectively | Proposed Ge as a potential substitute for Pb | |
Kopacic et al. | MAGeI2.7Br0.3 | PCE of 0.57% | Chemical composition modification with Br | |
Kanoun et al. | MAGeI3 | PCE of 21.6% through numerical modeling | Numerical Modelling | |
Singh et al. | MAGeI3 | PCE of 26.3% | Numerical Modelling | |
Raoui et al. | MAPbI3 | Improved PCE between 19.7 and 26.74% using different ETLs and HTLs | Material substitution (ETL = SnO2 & ZnO2 and HTLs = CuSbS2, Cu2O & CuSCN) | |
Shasti et al. | MAPbI3 | Improved PCE between 19.67 and 19.82% using different HTLs | Replacing spriro-OMeTAD with Cu2O, SrCu2O2 and CuAlO2 | |
Khattak et al. | MAPbI3 | Multiple cells PCE beyond 20% | Kesterites utilized as HTL | |
Trifiletti et al. | MAPbI3 | PCE of 14% using CZTS kesterite in planar structure | CZTS compared in planar and inverted structure | |
Karimi et al. | MAPbI3 | Higher PCE of 21.8% with ZnO | SnO2 and ZnO compared as ETL | |
Arzi et al. | MAPBI3 | Higher PCE 20.6% with ZnO | TiO2 and ZnO compared as ETL | |
Raoui et al. and Nine et al. | MAPbI3 & MASnI3 | MAPbI3 achieved PCE of 19.7% while MASnI3 achieved 9% using SnO2 and CuI as CTL | MAPbI3 formed good band alignment while MASnI3 formed alignment with offsets |
