Review Article

A Review of the Technological Advances in the Design of Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

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Some of the HTMs utilized in perovskite solar cells [70, 133].

Review of organic, inorganic, and carbonaceous hole-transport materials for perovskite solar cell applications(1) Inorganic HTMs:
(i) P–type semiconductors-based HTMs: CuPc, CuSCN
(ii) Transition metal-based HTMs
(iii) Nickel & copper-based HTMs: NiO, CuI, Cu2O, CuO, CuCrO2CuGaO2
(iv) MoO3, V2O5, VOx, WOx
(2) Organic HTMs:
(i) Small molecule-based HTMs: pyrene, thiophene, porphyrin, carbazole
(ii) Long polymer-based HTMs: Spiro-OMeTAD, fluorine doped Spiro-
(iii) OMeTAD and MoOx (interlayer in Spiro-OMeTAD), PEDOT: PSS, P3HT, and PTAA
(3) Carbonaceous HTMs/electrode:
(i) Conducting carbon, CNTs, GO, r-GO