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CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS
Volume 50, Issue 21, Pages 11870-11965Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00106j
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- European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program [785219, 881603-GrapheneCore2]
- MSCA-ITN ULTIMATE project [813036]
- European Union's SENSIBAT project [957273]
- GINSENG between NSFC (China)
- GINSENG between MAECI (Italy)
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province [ZR2019QEM009]
- Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in the framework of Megagrant [14.Y26.31.0027]
- European Research Council (ERC) [802862]
- project Cariplo Economia Circolare 2021 FLHYPER [2020-1067]
- European Research Council (ERC) [802862] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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Graphene and related two-dimensional materials are promising candidates for driving innovation in PV technologies, with their mechanical, thermal, and optoelectronic properties being exploited in various active components of solar cells. The ability to tune their optoelectronic properties through wet-chemical functionalization enables effective integration of these materials in advanced PV devices through scalable, reliable, and inexpensive printing/coating processes.
In the ever-increasing energy demand scenario, the development of novel photovoltaic (PV) technologies is considered to be one of the key solutions to fulfil the energy request. In this context, graphene and related two-dimensional (2D) materials (GRMs), including nonlayered 2D materials and 2D perovskites, as well as their hybrid systems, are emerging as promising candidates to drive innovation in PV technologies. The mechanical, thermal, and optoelectronic properties of GRMs can be exploited in different active components of solar cells to design next-generation devices. These components include front (transparent) and back conductive electrodes, charge transporting layers, and interconnecting/recombination layers, as well as photoactive layers. The production and processing of GRMs in the liquid phase, coupled with the ability to on-demand tune their optoelectronic properties exploiting wet-chemical functionalization, enable their effective integration in advanced PV devices through scalable, reliable, and inexpensive printing/coating processes. Herein, we review the progresses in the use of solution-processed 2D materials in organic solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells, perovskite solar cells, quantum dot solar cells, and organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells, as well as in tandem systems. We first provide a brief introduction on the properties of 2D materials and their production methods by solution-processing routes. Then, we discuss the functionality of 2D materials for electrodes, photoactive layer components/additives, charge transporting layers, and interconnecting layers through figures of merit, which allow the performance of solar cells to be determined and compared with the state-of-the-art values. We finally outline the roadmap for the further exploitation of solution-processed 2D materials to boost the performance of PV devices.
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