Heavy pnictogens-based perovskite-inspired materials: Sustainable light-harvesters for indoor photovoltaics
The need for self-powered electronics is progressively growing in parallel with the flourishing of the Internet of Things (IoT). Although batteries are dominating as powering devices, other small systems, such as piezoelectric, thermoelectric, and photovoltaic systems, are attracting attention. Thes...
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| description | The need for self-powered electronics is progressively growing in parallel with the flourishing of the Internet of Things (IoT). Although batteries are dominating as powering devices, other small systems, such as piezoelectric, thermoelectric, and photovoltaic systems, are attracting attention. These last ones can be adapted from their classical outdoor configuration to work preferentially under indoor illumination, i.e., by harvesting the spectrum emitted by LEDs and/or fluorescent lamps. However, crystalline silicon, the classical photovoltaic material for solar panels, has a bandgap not suitable for ensuring good efficiency with such spectra. With wider bandgaps, other semiconductors can come into play for this task. Still, the materials of choice, having to be integrated within households, should also satisfy the criterion of non-toxicity and maintain low-cost production. While lead-based halide perovskites cannot represent a valuable solution for this scope, due to the strong environmental and health concerns associated with the presence of Pb, analogous compounds based on the heaviest pnictogens, i.e., bismuth and antimony, could work as sustainable light-harvesters for indoor photovoltaic devices. In this Review, we focus on reporting the most recent developments of three compounds of this class: The double perovskite Cs2AgBiBr6 is first chosen as a model system for the other two, which are emerging perovskite-inspired materials, namely, Cs3Sb2I9−xClx and bismuth oxyiodide. We show the potential of these semiconductors to play a crucial role in the future market of self-powering IoT devices, which will become a large class of devices in the electronics industry in the upcoming years. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-896332924be545f89a6550a5b29b4df42023-11-06T21:49:41ZengAIP Publishing LLCAPL Energy2770-90002023-09-0112021502021502-2610.1063/5.0161023Heavy pnictogens-based perovskite-inspired materials: Sustainable light-harvesters for indoor photovoltaicsFabian Schmitz0Ribhu Bhatia1Francesco Lamberti2Simone Meloni3Teresa Gatti4Center for Materials Research, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, 35392 Giessen, GermanyDepartment of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Università of Ferrara, Via Luigi Borsari 46, I-44121 Ferrara, ItalyDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, ItalyDepartment of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Università of Ferrara, Via Luigi Borsari 46, I-44121 Ferrara, ItalyCenter for Materials Research, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, 35392 Giessen, GermanyThe need for self-powered electronics is progressively growing in parallel with the flourishing of the Internet of Things (IoT). Although batteries are dominating as powering devices, other small systems, such as piezoelectric, thermoelectric, and photovoltaic systems, are attracting attention. These last ones can be adapted from their classical outdoor configuration to work preferentially under indoor illumination, i.e., by harvesting the spectrum emitted by LEDs and/or fluorescent lamps. However, crystalline silicon, the classical photovoltaic material for solar panels, has a bandgap not suitable for ensuring good efficiency with such spectra. With wider bandgaps, other semiconductors can come into play for this task. Still, the materials of choice, having to be integrated within households, should also satisfy the criterion of non-toxicity and maintain low-cost production. While lead-based halide perovskites cannot represent a valuable solution for this scope, due to the strong environmental and health concerns associated with the presence of Pb, analogous compounds based on the heaviest pnictogens, i.e., bismuth and antimony, could work as sustainable light-harvesters for indoor photovoltaic devices. In this Review, we focus on reporting the most recent developments of three compounds of this class: The double perovskite Cs2AgBiBr6 is first chosen as a model system for the other two, which are emerging perovskite-inspired materials, namely, Cs3Sb2I9−xClx and bismuth oxyiodide. We show the potential of these semiconductors to play a crucial role in the future market of self-powering IoT devices, which will become a large class of devices in the electronics industry in the upcoming years.http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0161023 |
| spellingShingle | Fabian Schmitz Ribhu Bhatia Francesco Lamberti Simone Meloni Teresa Gatti Heavy pnictogens-based perovskite-inspired materials: Sustainable light-harvesters for indoor photovoltaics APL Energy |
| title | Heavy pnictogens-based perovskite-inspired materials: Sustainable light-harvesters for indoor photovoltaics |
| title_full | Heavy pnictogens-based perovskite-inspired materials: Sustainable light-harvesters for indoor photovoltaics |
| title_fullStr | Heavy pnictogens-based perovskite-inspired materials: Sustainable light-harvesters for indoor photovoltaics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Heavy pnictogens-based perovskite-inspired materials: Sustainable light-harvesters for indoor photovoltaics |
| title_short | Heavy pnictogens-based perovskite-inspired materials: Sustainable light-harvesters for indoor photovoltaics |
| title_sort | heavy pnictogens based perovskite inspired materials sustainable light harvesters for indoor photovoltaics |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0161023 |
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