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Progress on the Synthesis and Application of CuSCN Inorganic Hole Transport Material in Perovskite Solar Cells

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MATERIALS
Volume 11, Issue 12, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma11122592

Keywords

perovskite solar cells; hole transport materials; inorganic hole transport materials; CuSCN

Funding

  1. Department of Science and Technology (DST), South African National Research Foundation (NRF), Govani Beki
  2. Development Centre (GMRDC) of University of Fort Hare
  3. Sasol Inzalo Foundation (SaIF)

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P-type wide bandgap semiconductor materials such as CuI, NiO, Cu2O and CuSCN are currently undergoing intense research as viable alternative hole transport materials (HTMs) to the spiro-OMeTAD in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Despite 23.3% efficiency of PSCs, there are still a number of issues in addition to the toxicology of Pb such as instability and high-cost of the current HTM that needs to be urgently addressed. To that end, copper thiocyanate (CuSCN) HTMs in addition to robustness have high stability, high hole mobility, and suitable energy levels as compared to spiro-OMeTAD HTM. CuSCN HTM layer use affordable materials, require short synthesis routes, require simple synthetic techniques such as spin-coating and doctor-blading, thus offer a viable way of developing cost-effective PSCs. HTMs play a vital role in PSCs as they can enhance the performance of a device by reducing charge recombination processes. In this review paper, we report on the current progress of CuSCN HTMs that have been reported to date in PSCs. CuSCN HTMs have shown enhanced stability when exposed to weather elements as the solar devices retained their initial efficiency by a greater percentage. The efficiency reported to date is greater than 20% and has a potential of increasing, as well as maintaining thermal stability.

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