Metal-Organic Framework Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells

Abstract

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and MOF-derived materials have been used for several applications, such as hydrogen storage and separation, catalysis, and drug delivery, owing to them having a significantly large surface area and open pore structure. In recent years, MOFs have also been applied to thin-film solar cells, and attractive results have been obtained. In perovskite solar cells (PSCs), the MOF materials are used in the form of an additive for electron and hole transport layers, interlayer, and hybrid perovskite/MOF. MOFs have the potential to be used as a material for obtaining PSCs with high efficiency and stability. In this study, we briefly explain the synthesis of MOFs and the performance of organic and dye-sensitized solar cells with MOFs. Furthermore, we provide a detailed overview on the performance of the most recently reported PSCs using MOFs.

Fluorescence-Based Sensing of Pesticides Using Supramolecular Chemistry

“…More broadly, these structures are defined as a highly porous three-dimensional network of metal cations connected by organic ligands (Furukawa et al, 2013). Applications of MOFs are extensively reported in the literature, and include environmental remediation via pollutant binding inside the MOF structure (Ejeromedoghene et al, 2020); supramolecular catalysis by encapsulating reactants (Ghasemzadeh et al, 2020); controlled crystallization via topological effects of MOF incorporation (Wang et al, 2020i), and a variety of other applications (Jones et al, 2018;Ding et al, 2020;Heo et al, 2020).…”

Present and Perspectives of Photoactive Porous Composites Based on Semiconductor Nanocrystals and Metal-Organic Frameworks

“…MOFs provide excellent electron and hole transport paths and are effective in suppressing charge recombination by improving the quality of perovskite films [ 32 ]. In particularly, the MOF/perovskite heterojunction has additional advantages against humidity and chemical stabilities [ 44 ].…”

“…More recently, perovskite materials have emerged as a very promising light harvester in solar cells owing to their outstanding optoelectronic properties, i.e., a high absorption coefficient, low recombination losses, high defect tolerance, low-cost processing, long charge diffusion lengths, and easy bandgap tunability [ 32 ]. The first example using hybrid CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3 perovskite in a solar cell was reported by Miyasaka’s group in 2009, with a power conversion efficiency (PCE) value of 3.8% [ 33 ].…”

Enhanced Optical Properties and Stability of CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals Through Nickel Doping

“…In previous studies, the AB X 3 structured perovskite material was selected, and QDs were synthesized to achieve high absolute quantum efficiency, wide emission wavelength band, and narrow emission line width. [ 10–14 ] Hot‐injection synthesis, the most common QD synthesis method, was employed at a high temperature. All‐inorganic perovskite cesium lead halides (CsPbX 3 , where X = Cl, Br, or I) have numerous advantages.…”