Strategies for Improving Efficiency and Stability of Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted widespread research and commercialization attention because of their high power conversion efficiency (PCE) and low fabrication cost. The long-term stability of PSCs should satisfy industrial requirements for photovoltaic devices. Inverted PSCs with a p-i-n architecture exhibit considerable advantages because of their excellent stability and competitive efficiency. The continuously broken-through PCE of inverted PSCs shows huge application potential. This review summarizes the developments and outlines the characteristics of inverted PSCs including charge transport layers (CTLs), perovskite compositions, and interfacial regulation strategies. The latest effective CTLs, interfacial modification, and stability promotion strategies especially under light, thermal, and bias conditions are emphatically analyzed. Furthermore, the applications of the inverted structure in high-efficiency and stable tandem, flexible photovoltaic devices, and modules and their main obstacles are systematically introduced. Finally, the remaining challenges faced by inverted devices are discussed, and several directions for advancing inverted PSCs are proposed according to their development status and industrialization requirements. Inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have both excellent stability and continuously broken-through efficiencies. Herein, the characteristics of inverted PSCs including each functional layers, interfacial regulation strategies, and device stability are summarized. Meanwhile, the applications of inverted structure in tandem and flexible photovoltaic devices, and modules are introduced. Finally, the remaining challenges and several proposals of PSCs are put forward. image