Table 1 Summary of enlarging perovskite grain size and the related highest PCE of devices

From: Defects engineering for high-performance perovskite solar cells

method

perovskite

size

Device structure

PCE (%)

Year/Ref

Solvent annealing (DMF)

MAPbI3

~1 μm

ITO/PEDOT:PSS/MAPbI3/PCBM/C60/BCP/Al

15.6

20149

Solvent annealing (DMSO)

MAPbI3

~1 μm

ITO/PEDOT:PSS/MAPbI3/PCBM/Ag

13.6

201563

Solvent annealing (Pyridine)

MAPbI3

>5 μm

FTO/PEDOT:PSS/MAPbI3/PCBM/C60/BCP/Al

14.1

201664

MAI vapor

MAPbI3

~0.5 μm

FTO/TiO2/ MAPbI3/Spiro/Au

12.1

2014138

DMSO additive

FAPbI3

~0.8 μm

FTO/TiO2/meso TiO2/FAPbI3/PTAA/Au

20.2

201560

PbCl2 additive

MAPbI3

~1.3 μm

ITO/PEDOT:PSS/MAPbI3/PCBM/BCP/Ag

15.02

2015139

NaBr or NaI additive

MAPbI3

1.7 μm

ITO/PEDOT:PSS/MAPbI3/PCBM/C60/Al

14.2

2016140

MAAc and TSC additive#

MAPbI3

~1 μm

ITO/NiO/MAPbI3/PCBM/TiO2/Ag

19.2

2017141

Hot-casting

MAPbI3–xClx

180 μm

ITO/PEDOT:PSS/ MAPbI3–xClx /PCBM/Al

~18

2015136

Non-wetting substrates

MAPbI3

~5 μm

ITO/PTAA/MAPbI3/PCBM/C60/BCP/Al

18.3

201580

Pb(SCN)2 additive

MAPbI3

~5 μm

ITO/PEDOT:PSS/MAPbI3/PCBM/Al

11.61

201679

Thiourea additive

MAPbI3

>2 μm

FTO/TiO2/meso TiO2/MAPbI3/Spiro/Au

18.46

2017142

Moisture treatment

MAPbI3

>2 μm

FTO/TiO2/ MAPbI3/Spiro/Au

16.3*

2015143

MAI vapor

MAPbI3

~0.8 μm

FTO/TiO2/ MAPbI3/Spiro/Au

12.1

2014138

  1. *indicates average efficiency
  2. #MAAc and TSC are methylammonium acetate and thio-semicarbazide, respectively.