Recent Progress in Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells

Perovskite solar cells have emerged as one of the hottest research topics in the solar energy area due to theiradvantages of high photovoltaic performance, low cost, simple fabrication process, excellent mechanicalbending,high flexibility, and high photovoltaic performance. Rapid progress of perovskite solar cellperformance from 3.8% to 22.1% within only seven years make them the fastest-advancing solar technologyto date. In recent years, with the growing demand of flexible energy sources for wearable and portabledevices, many research efforts have been focusing on developing the perovskite solar cell technology onflexible substrates. In this review, the most recent advances and approaches in flexible perovskite solar cellsthat have contributed to improve device characteristics, such as power conversion efficiency and stabilityare described. In addition, some challenges and opportunities for future commercial applications arepresented

Keywords:

Perovskite solar cells , Flexible device , Power conversion efficiency