Dual-edged sword of ion migration in perovskite materials for simultaneous energy harvesting and storage application

Ramesh Kumar; Monojit Bag; Sagar M Jain

doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.108172

Dual-edged sword of ion migration in perovskite materials for simultaneous energy harvesting and storage application

iScience. 2023 Oct 11;26(11):108172. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108172. eCollection 2023 Nov 17.

Authors

Ramesh Kumar^{1

2

3}, Monojit Bag³, Sagar M Jain¹

Affiliations

¹ Center for Renewable and Low Carbon Energy, School of Water, Energy and Environment (SWEE), Cranfield University, Cranfield MK430AL, UK.
² Department of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 523, 75120 Uppsala, SE, Sweden.
³ Advanced Research in Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (AREIS) Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, India.

Abstract

Portable electronic devices and Internet of Things (IoT) require an uninterrupted power supply for their optimum performance and are key ingredients of the futuristic smart buildings - cities. The off-grid photovoltaic cells and photo-rechargeable energy storage devices meet the requirements for continuous data processing and transmission. In addition, these off-grid devices can solve the energy mismanagement problem famously called as "duck curve". The conventional approach is the external integration of a photovoltaic cell and an energy storage device through a complex multi-layered structure. However, this approach causes ohmic transport losses and requires additional complex device packaging leading to increased weight and high cost. Toward this narrative, in this viewpoint, we shed light on application of disruptive organic-inorganic hybrid halide perovskite bifunctional materials employed as smart photo-rechargeable energy devices. We also present hybrid halide lead-free perovskite materials for off-grid energy storage systems for indoor lighting applications.

Keywords: Applied sciences; Energy application; Materials science.

Publication types

Review