Abstract

Halide perovskite solar cells have witnessed great successes recently while their instability is a big hurdle for practical application. Herein we discuss our recent progress in addressing the stability of perovskite solar cells, including introduction of capping layers to improve the stability against moisture and heat, and perovskite size engineering to suppress phase segregation. In particular, quantum dots (QDs) have the advantages of quantum confinement effect, defect-tolerant nature, and processability for flexible devices. We discuss a new surface ligand engineering strategy in designing new hybrid perovskite QDs with controllable compositions and sizes The QDs have been used as building blocks in quantum dot solar cells delivering a certified record efficiency of 16.6% with excellent long-term operation stability. By using QDs as light absorbing materials, the QD based photocatalysts also exhibited good stable performance in photocatalytic hydrogen production. The combination of perovskite QDs with Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) materials to form new composites led to ultrastable photoluminescent property for > 10,000 hours. The integration of perovskite solar cells and rechargeable batteries have led to a single module type rechargeable solar batteries with an overall storable solar energy conversion efficiency of >12%.

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