Perovskite Solar Cells for BIPV Application: A Review

Abstract

The rapid efficiency enhancement of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) make it a promising photovoltaic (PV) research, which has now drawn attention from industries and government organizations to invest for further development of PSC technology. PSC technology continuously develops into new and improved results. However, stability, toxicity, cost, material production and fabrication become the significant factors, which limits the expansion of PSCs. PSCs integration into a building in the form of building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) is one of the most holistic approaches to exploit it as a next-generation PV technology. Integration of high efficiency and semi-transparent PSC in BIPV is still not a well-established area. The purpose of this review is to get an overview of the relative scope of PSCs integration in the BIPV sector. This review demonstrates the benevolence of PSCs by stimulating energy conversion and its perspective and gradual evolution in terms of photovoltaic applications to address the challenge of increasing energy demand and their environmental impacts for BIPV adaptation. Understanding the critical impact regarding the materials and devices established portfolio for PSC integration BIPV are also discussed. In addition to highlighting the apparent advantages of using PSCs in terms of their demand, perspective and the limitations, challenges, new strategies of modification and relative scopes are also addressed in this review.

Comparison of Perovskite Solar Cells with other Photovoltaics Technologies from the Point of View of Life Cycle Assessment

“…[182] In the specific case of PSC, we know that they cannot yet be considered technically or industrially mature; however, very interesting literature on its applicability to BIPV systems was found. [183,184] These studies highlighted a wide variety of possibilities, such as electrochromic and thermochromic cells, colorful solar cells, flexible solar cells, or semitransparent solar cells. In fact, the properties of this type of solar cell have shown great promise for specific innovative applications in windows, which would make it possible to control factors such as the absorption capacity of the glass, or the degree of transparency.…”

Current Status of Emerging PV Technologies: A Comparative Study of Dye-Sensitized, Organic, and Perovskite Solar Cells

“…Monolithic perovskite/Si tandem cells have attracted huge interest because they capitalize on the mature silicon solar cell industry and also have the potential to overcome the theoretical efficiency limit of single-junction silicon solar cells [75]. Perovskite/Si solar cells comprise two cells that work in tandem: a top perovskite cell and a bottom Si cell [76]. Silicon converts mostly the red part of the solar spectrum to electricity, while perovskite materials utilise the blue portions of the spectrum.…”

Visual Comfort Analysis of Semi-Transparent Perovskite Based Building Integrated Photovoltaic Window for Hot Desert Climate (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

“…Perovskite PVs still suffer from long term stability and use of lead has environmental concern. However, they are still under consideration because of the enormous improvement in their efficiency (from ~3% to ~22) within 10 years compared to silicon solar cell which took three decades to reach this amount of improvement [33].…”