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ReviewNano convergence2025

Flexible perovskite solar cells: advancements in materials, fabrication techniques, and future prospects.

Muhammad H Nawaz, The-Hung Mai, Sang I I Seok, Feng-Chuan Chuang, Phuong V Pham, Nam-Gyu Park

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Review in Nano convergence, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Muhammad H NawazDepartment of Physics, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Republic of China.
The-Hung MaiDepartment of Physics, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Republic of China.
Sang I I SeokSchool of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 689-798, South Korea. seoksi@unist.ac.kr.
Feng-Chuan ChuangDepartment of Physics, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Republic of China. fchuang@mail.nsysu.edu.tw.
Phuong V PhamDepartment of Physics, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Republic of China. phuongpham@mail.nsysu.edu.tw.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7951-1329
Nam-Gyu ParkSchool of Chemical Engineering and Center for Antibonding Regulated Crystals, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, South Korea. npark@skku.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Flexible solar cells (FSCs) are a revolutionary photovoltaic innovation that possesses superior power conversion efficiencies greater than 26.7%, cost-effective production techniques, and intrinsic integration with large-scale manufacturing processes. Among various FSC technologies, flexible perovskite solar cells (FPSCs) are one of the top candidates for commercialization due to their suitability for roll-to-roll (R2R) printing techniques, making it simple to operate on a mass production scale. This review compiles an extensive summary of the advances made in FPSCs over the past few years, particularly focusing on FPSCs, examining their recent advances and performance metrics of flexible photovoltaic systems, silicon-based, dye-sensitized, organic, quantum dot, and hybrid technologies. Detailed overview of the most important components of FPSCs i.e. flexible substrates, perovskite absorber layers, charge transport materials, processing techniques, and encapsulation strategies are provided. Each material is discussed in terms of impact on device performance, efficiency, and longevity with the aim of overcoming the challenge which prevents their commercialization. Eventually, the discussion covers the future prospects of FPSCs, strategies for boosting their lab-scale performance and their potential impact on the development of flexible energy-harvesting technologies.

Indexed as

Carbon-based materialsFabricationFlexible solar cellsPerovskitesR2R fabrication

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PMID41315138
PMCPMC12662981

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