Inorganic p-Type Semiconductors: Their Applications and Progress in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells and Perovskite Solar Cells

Ming-Hsien Li, Jun-Ho Yum, Soo-Jin Moon and Peter Chen
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Ming-Hsien Li: Department of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
Jun-Ho Yum: Molecular Engineering of Optoelectronic Nanomaterials Lab, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, School of Basic Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
Soo-Jin Moon: Photovoltaic-Center, Centre Suisse d’Electronique et Microtechnique, Jaquet-Droz 1, Neuchâtel CH-2002, Switzerland
Peter Chen: Department of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan

Energies, 2016, vol. 9, issue 5, 1-28

Abstract: Considering the increasing global demand for energy and the harmful ecological impact of conventional energy sources, it is obvious that development of clean and renewable energy is a necessity. Since the Sun is our only external energy source, harnessing its energy, which is clean, non-hazardous and infinite, satisfies the main objectives of all alternative energy strategies. With attractive features, i.e. , good performance, low-cost potential, simple processibility, a wide range of applications from portable power generation to power-windows, photoelectrochemical solar cells like dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) represent one of the promising methods for future large-scale power production directly from sunlight. While the sensitization of n-type semiconductors (n-SC) has been intensively studied, the use of p-type semiconductor (p-SC), e.g., the sensitization of wide bandgap p-SC and hole transport materials with p-SC have also been attracting great attention. Recently, it has been proved that the p-type inorganic semiconductor as a charge selective material or a charge transport material in organometallic lead halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) shows a significant impact on solar cell performance. Therefore the study of p-type semiconductors is important to rationally design efficient DSCs and PSCs. In this review, recent published works on p-type DSCs and PSCs incorporated with an inorganic p-type semiconductor and our perspectives on this topic are discussed.

Keywords: p-type semiconductor; inorganic material; dye-sensitized solar cell; perovskite solar cell; charge selective material; charge transport material (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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