Advances in Perovskite Solar Cells: Recent Advances and Future Prospects

Dear Colleagues,

The escalating global energy crisis has accelerated the development of photovoltaic technology (PV), which offers unparalleled advantages in non-pollution and sustainability. Notably, perovskite-based solar cells are regarded as a revolutionary next-generation photovoltaic product due to their high efficiencies, low-cost fabrication, and versatile optoelectronic properties. Over the past decade, considerable efforts, including compositional tuning, interface and defect passivation, device architecture optimization, crystallization dynamics regulation, deposition technique optimization, and durability enhancement, have been directed toward optimizing the performance of perovskite-based solar cells and advancing their commercial viability. However, a significant ideal-reality discrepancy between their actual efficiency and Shockley–Queisser theoretical limit indicates room for further performance improvements. Therefore, it is important to continue enhancing the efficiency and stability of perovskite-based solar cells. This Special Issue aims to foster discussions that will drive perovskite-based solar cells toward practical applications and establish them as a central element in next-generation photovoltaic technologies.

Prof. Dr. Chunfu Zhang
Dr. Hang Dong
Guest Editors

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