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The power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of the solar cells containing metal halide perovskites (MHPs) have rapidly increased and exceeded 25% during the past decade. The photovoltaic properties of these devices are extensively investigated in terms of their microstructures, environmental characteristics, and carrier dynamics, and the MHP structural evolution under high pressure is evaluated. In addition, the energy level structure, electron/hole dynamics, and optical/electronic properties of MHPs with anisotropic crystal structures are examined. However, the correlation between the structural anisotropy and material properties of these perovskites is rarely considered in the literature studies on their high‐pressure behavior. In this progress report, the optical/electronic properties of MHPs with anisotropic structures under thermal, mechanically imposed, and in‐service strains/stresses that have been previously neglected by researchers are summarized.

In this paper, we developed a Stroh-type formalism for anti-plane deformation and then investigated the fracture mechanics for an elliptical cavity in a magnetoelectroelastic solid under remotely uniform in-plane electromagnetic and/or anti-plane mechanical loading, which allowed us to take the electromagnetic field inside the cavity into account. Reducing the cavity into a crack, we had explicit solutions in closed forms for a mode III crack, which included the extreme cases for an impermeable crack and a permeable crack. The results were illustrated with plots, showing that in the absence of mechanical loads, an applied electric or magnetic field, positive or negative, always tended to close the crack. On the other hand, in the presence of a mechanical load, a negative electric or magnetic field retarded crack growth, while a positive field could either enhance or retard crack propagation, depending on the strengths of the applied electric/magnetic fields and the level of the mechanical load as well. In other words, the effect of electric/magnetic fields on the fracture behavior is mechanical load-dependent.

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