Abstract: Flexible solar cells have received consistent and wide attention because of its wide prospect of application such as instant charging for wearable devices due to its advantages of lightweights and flexibility. The key role of the preparation of flexible solar cells is substrate and the preparation of related electrode materials. This article reviews the development of flexible dye-sensitized solar cells and flexible perovskite solar cells in recent years, especially introduces the photoanode and counter electrode of flexible dye-sensitized solar cells and the electric transport layer and base electrode of the solar perovskite solar cells.We find that sintering with high temperature is still inevitable to prepare high performance photoanode, while counter electrode is unrestricted and the performance of many materials is higher than Pt by sintering with high temperature. The main research of flexible perovskite solar cells is using other materials to replace ITO of base electrode for its bad flexibility and TiO2 of ETL for its preparation with high temperature, and the result is remarkable. On this basis, we propose the future development of flexible dye-sensitized solar cells and flexible perovskite solar cells.
何云龙, 沈沪江, 王炜, 袁慧慧. 柔性染料敏化太阳能电池和柔性钙钛矿太阳能电池关键电极材料研究进展[J]. 材料导报, 2018, 32(21): 3677-3688.
HE Yunlong, SHEN Hujiang, WANG Wei, YUAN Huihui. A Review on the Electrode Materials of Flexible Dye-sensitized Solar Cells and Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells. Materials Reports, 2018, 32(21): 3677-3688.
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