Blade-coating Perovskite Films with Diverse Compositions for Efficient Photovoltaics

In this research highlight, recent significant advances with hot-assisted blade-coating or air knife-assisted blade-coating of different perovskite compositions with bandgaps ranging from 1.3 eV to 1.9 eV (i.e. wide-bandgap or small-bandgap perovskites with mixed cations and anions, 2D/3D perovskites, Pb/Sn binary perovskites, and all-inorganic perovskites) for single-junction or tandem PSCs are discussed, with an emphasis on elucidating the distinct ink formulation engineering strategies, crystal growth mechanisms, crystallization kinetics, and optoelectronic properties of the different perovskite compositions.