All-Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells: Modification Strategies and Challenges

Cesium-based all-inorganic wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells (AIWPSCs) have been demonstrated with exceptional optoelectronic properties such as intrinsic optical wide-bandgap and high thermal stability, which make them suitable candidates for the front sub-cells of tandem solar cells (TSCs). Passivation of perovskite surface and interface is a matter of common interest in this community since all-inorganic perovskites always suffer from non-ideal crystallization such as phase impurity, high defect density, and non-uniform morphology. Despite these shortcomings, numerous efforts have been devoted in recent years to pursuing high-performance AIWPSCs, which exhibit an abruptly increased power conversion efficiency (PCE) from 2.9% to over 21.0%. In view of not having a thorough summary about the advancements on AIWPSCs, herein, a comprehensive review is given to highlight the recent device performance progress of AIWPSC, particularly focusing on the strategies to passivate the defects of all-inorganic perovskite, namely, additive engineering, solvent engineering, interface modification, and the exploration of new charge transport materials (CTMs) for improving the phase stability and PCE of AIWPSCs. Finally, a conclusive outlook on AIWPSCs will be given to provide our perspectives aiming to inspire the further development of AIWPSCs. The progress in the device performance of all-inorganic wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells (AIWPSCs) with respect to their photovoltaic parameters (VOC, JSC, FF, and PCE), and optimization strategies (additive engineering, solvent engineering, and interface engineering) is comprehensively reviewed. This work consolidates the recent developments of AIWPSCs aiming to provide new inspirations for further advancements in AIWPSCs.image (c) 2024 WILEY-VCH GmbH