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Jegorovė A, Xia J, Steponaitis M, Daskeviciene M, Jankauskas V, Gruodis A, Kamarauskas E, Malinauskas T, Rakstys K, Alamry KA, Getautis V, Nazeeruddin MK. Branched Fluorenylidene Derivatives with Low Ionization Potentials as Hole-Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS : A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2023; 35:5914-5923. [PMID: 37576588 PMCID: PMC10413965 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c00708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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A group of small-molecule hole-transporting materials (HTMs) that are based on fluorenylidene fragments were synthesized and tested in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The investigated compounds were synthesized by a facile two-step synthesis, and their properties were measured using thermoanalytical, optoelectronic, and photovoltaic methods. The champion PSC device that was doped with lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) reached a power conversion efficiency of 22.83%. The longevity of the PSC device with the best performing HTM, V1387, was evaluated in different conditions and compared to that of 2,2',7,7'-tetrakis(N,N-di-p-methoxyphenylamine)-9,9'-spirobifluorene (spiro-MeOTAD), showing improved stability. This work provides an alternative HTM strategy for fabricating efficient and stable PSCs.
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- Aistė Jegorovė
- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Kaunas University
of Technology, Radvilenu pl. 19, Kaunas, 50254 Lithuania
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- Institute
of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École
Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, 1015 Switzerland
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Kaunas University
of Technology, Radvilenu pl. 19, Kaunas, 50254 Lithuania
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Kaunas University
of Technology, Radvilenu pl. 19, Kaunas, 50254 Lithuania
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- Institute
of Chemical Physics, Vilnius University, Sauletekio al. 3, Vilnius, 10257 Lithuania
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- Institute
of Chemical Physics, Vilnius University, Sauletekio al. 3, Vilnius, 10257 Lithuania
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- Institute
of Chemical Physics, Vilnius University, Sauletekio al. 3, Vilnius, 10257 Lithuania
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Kaunas University
of Technology, Radvilenu pl. 19, Kaunas, 50254 Lithuania
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Kaunas University
of Technology, Radvilenu pl. 19, Kaunas, 50254 Lithuania
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- Chemistry
Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz
University, P.O. Box 80203, 21589 Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia
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- Department
of Organic Chemistry, Kaunas University
of Technology, Radvilenu pl. 19, Kaunas, 50254 Lithuania
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- Institute
of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École
Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, 1015 Switzerland
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Etabti H, Fitri A, Benjelloun AT, Benzakour M, Mcharfi M. Designing and Theoretical Study of Dibenzocarbazole Derivatives Based Hole Transport Materials: Application for Perovskite Solar Cells. J Fluoresc 2023; 33:1201-1216. [PMID: 36629966 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-023-03144-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Hole-transporting materials (HTMs) are essentials in producing the efficient and stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs). In this article, we provided the investigation results of electronic structures and photophysical characteristics of eight designed derivatives (HTM1a-HTM4a and HTM1b-HTM4b) of a dibenzocarbazole-based compound HTMR. HTMR was modified by substituting the terminal groups located on the diphenylamine moieties with two and four electron donor groups (ED1-ED4) of different character. Density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) have been used to optimize the geometry of the ground state and for excited state calculations, respectively. The nature and number of electron donor substitutions on the frontier molecular orbitals (FMOs), ionization potential (IP), electronic affinity (AE), maximum absorption wavelengths ([Formula: see text], solubility ([Formula: see text], stability (η), exciton binding energy ([Formula: see text], reorganization energies ([Formula: see text] and charge mobility (k) are examined and discussed in detail. On this basis, the features such as proper HOMO levels (-5.464 and -4.745 eV), comparable hole mobilities ([Formula: see text] (4.632 × 1013 and 1.177 × 1014 s-1), a significant [Formula: see text] (367.13 and 398.27 nm), and high η (1.440 and 1.667 eV) have made these structures suitable hole transport materials (HTMs) to provide perovskite solar cells with a high efficiency.
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- Hanane Etabti
- LIMAS, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.
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- LIMAS, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco
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- LIMAS, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco
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- LIMAS, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco
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- LIMAS, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco
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Vasilopoulou M, Soultati A, Filippatos PP, Mohd Yusoff ARB, Nazeeruddin MK, Palilis LC. Charge transport materials for mesoscopic perovskite solar cells. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C 2022; 10:11063-11104. [DOI: 10.1039/d2tc00828a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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An overview on recent advances in the fundamental understanding of how interfaces of mesoscopic perovskite solar cells (mp-PSCs) with different architectures, upon incorporating various charge transport layers, influence their performance.
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- Maria Vasilopoulou
- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (INN), National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, 15341 Agia Paraskevi, Attica, Greece
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- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (INN), National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, 15341 Agia Paraskevi, Attica, Greece
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- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (INN), National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, 15341 Agia Paraskevi, Attica, Greece
- Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Rue de l’Industrie 17, CH-1951 Sion, Switzerland
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Zhang Z, Liang L, Deng L, Ren L, Zhao N, Huang J, Yu Y, Gao P. Fused Dithienopicenocarbazole Enabling High Mobility Dopant-Free Hole-Transporting Polymers for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:6688-6698. [PMID: 33513011 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c21729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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As a critical component in perovskite solar cells (PSCs), hole-transporting materials (HTMs) have been extensively explored. To develop efficient dopant-free HTMs for PSCs, a decent hole mobility (>10-3 cm2 V-1 s-1) is critically essential, which is, however, seldom reported. In this work, we introduce two novel donor-acceptor (D-A) type conjugated polymers (PDTPC-1 and PDTPC-2) with narrow bandgap unit, i.e., fused dithienopicenocarbazole (DTPC), as the donor building block and benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole derivatives as the acceptors. The highly planar and strong electron-donating DTPC endows the polymers with superior hole mobility up to ∼4 × 10-3 cm2 V-1 s-1. Because of the better energy alignment with perovskite and excellent film-forming property, PSCs with PDTPC-1 as HTM show an appreciably enhanced PCE of ∼17% in dopant-free PSCs along with improved device stability as opposed to PDTPC-2. Our work revealed for the first time that the introduction of narrow bandgap DTPC in D-A polymers could achieve remarkably high hole mobility in the pristine form, favoring the application in dopant-free PSCs.
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- Zilong Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
- Laboratory for Advanced Functional Materials, Xiamen Institute of Rare Earth Materials, Haixi Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
- Laboratory for Advanced Functional Materials, Xiamen Institute of Rare Earth Materials, Haixi Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
- Laboratory for Advanced Functional Materials, Xiamen Institute of Rare Earth Materials, Haixi Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
- Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Jiangxi 341000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
- Laboratory for Advanced Functional Materials, Xiamen Institute of Rare Earth Materials, Haixi Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Huaqiao University, 361021 Xiamen, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Huaqiao University, 361021 Xiamen, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Huaqiao University, 361021 Xiamen, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
- Laboratory for Advanced Functional Materials, Xiamen Institute of Rare Earth Materials, Haixi Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China
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Mehboob MY, Hussain R, Irshad Z, Adnan M. Enhancement in the Photovoltaic Properties of Hole Transport Materials by End‐Capped Donor Modifications for Solar Cell Applications. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.12238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry University of Okara Okara 56300 Pakistan
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- Graduate School, Department of Chemistry Chosun University Gwangju 501‐759 Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School, Department of Chemistry Chosun University Gwangju 501‐759 Republic of Korea
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Hashimoto R, Anh Truong M, Gopal A, Imanah Rafieh A, Nakamura T, Murdey R, Wakamiya A. Hole-Transporting Polymers Containing Partially Oxygen-Bridged Triphenylamine Units and Their Application for Perovskite Solar Cells. J PHOTOPOLYM SCI TEC 2020. [DOI: 10.2494/photopolymer.33.505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
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Wolff CM, Canil L, Rehermann C, Ngoc Linh N, Zu F, Ralaiarisoa M, Caprioglio P, Fiedler L, Stolterfoht M, Kogikoski S, Bald I, Koch N, Unger EL, Dittrich T, Abate A, Neher D. Perfluorinated Self-Assembled Monolayers Enhance the Stability and Efficiency of Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS NANO 2020; 14:1445-1456. [PMID: 31909973 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b03268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Perovskite solar cells are among the most exciting photovoltaic systems as they combine low recombination losses, ease of fabrication, and high spectral tunability. The Achilles heel of this technology is the device stability due to the ionic nature of the perovskite crystal, rendering it highly hygroscopic, and the extensive diffusion of ions especially at increased temperatures. Herein, we demonstrate the application of a simple solution-processed perfluorinated self-assembled monolayer (p-SAM) that not only enhances the solar cell efficiency, but also improves the stability of the perovskite absorber and, in turn, the solar cell under increased temperature or humid conditions. The p-i-n-type perovskite devices employing these SAMs exhibited power conversion efficiencies surpassing 21%. Notably, the best performing devices are stable under standardized maximum power point operation at 85 °C in inert atmosphere (ISOS-L-2) for more than 250 h and exhibit superior humidity resilience, maintaining ∼95% device performance even if stored in humid air in ambient conditions over months (∼3000 h, ISOS-D-1). Our work, therefore, demonstrates a strategy towards efficient and stable perovskite solar cells with easily deposited functional interlayers.
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- Christian M Wolff
- Universität Potsdam , Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25 , 14776 Potsdam , Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Engineering , The University of Chicago , Chicago , Illinois 60637 , United States
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- Institut für Physik & IRIS Adlershof , Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin , 12489 Berlin , Germany
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH , 12489 Berlin , Germany
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- Institut für Physik & IRIS Adlershof , Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin , 12489 Berlin , Germany
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- Universität Potsdam , Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25 , 14776 Potsdam , Germany
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- Universität Potsdam , Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25 , 14776 Potsdam , Germany
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- Universität Potsdam , Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25 , 14776 Potsdam , Germany
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- Universität Potsdam , Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25 , 14776 Potsdam , Germany
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- Universität Potsdam , Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25 , 14776 Potsdam , Germany
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- Institut für Physik & IRIS Adlershof , Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin , 12489 Berlin , Germany
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH , 12489 Berlin , Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and NanoLund , Lund University , 221 00 Lund , Sweden
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie , Kekuléstraße 5 , 12489 Berlin , Germany
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- Department of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering , University of Naples Federico II , Piazzale Tecchio 80 , 80125 Fuorigrotta, Naples , Italy
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- Universität Potsdam , Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25 , 14776 Potsdam , Germany
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Pitchaiya S, Natarajan M, Santhanam A, Asokan V, Yuvapragasam A, Madurai Ramakrishnan V, Palanisamy SE, Sundaram S, Velauthapillai D. A review on the classification of organic/inorganic/carbonaceous hole transporting materials for perovskite solar cell application. ARAB J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2018.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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DFT Characteristics of Charge Transport in DBTP-Based Hole Transport Materials. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/app9112244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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To improve the hole-transport ability and photoelectric properties of perovskite solar cells, the ground-state geometry, frontier molecular orbital, and mobility of two organic molecules were investigated using density functional theory (DFT) with the Marcus hopping model. The absorption spectra were calculated using time-dependent DFT. The result indicated that the increase in the conjugated chain and change in the substituted group location from meta to para cause low mobility, which has a negative effect on the hole-transporting ability.
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Valero S, Collavini S, Völker SF, Saliba M, Tress WR, Zakeeruddin SM, Grätzel M, Delgado JL. Dopant-Free Hole-Transporting Polymers for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells. Macromolecules 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Silvia Valero
- POLYMAT University
of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Avenida de Tolosa 72, 20018 Donostia - San Sebastián, Spain
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- POLYMAT University
of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Avenida de Tolosa 72, 20018 Donostia - San Sebastián, Spain
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- POLYMAT University
of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Avenida de Tolosa 72, 20018 Donostia - San Sebastián, Spain
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- Laboratory for Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Soft Matter Physics Group, Adolphe Merkle Institute, Chemin des Verdiers 4, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- POLYMAT University
of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Avenida de Tolosa 72, 20018 Donostia - San Sebastián, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque
Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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Matsui T, Yamamoto T, Nishihara T, Morisawa R, Yokoyama T, Sekiguchi T, Negami T. Compositional Engineering for Thermally Stable, Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells Exceeding 20% Power Conversion Efficiency with 85 °C/85% 1000 h Stability. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1806823. [PMID: 30633402 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201806823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2018] [Revised: 12/28/2018] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Perovskite solar cells have received great attention because of their rapid progress in efficiency, with a present certified highest efficiency of 23.3%. Achieving both high efficiency and high thermal stability is one of the biggest challenges currently limiting perovskite solar cells because devices displaying stability at high temperature frequently suffer from a marked decrease of efficiency. In this report, the relationship between perovskite composition and device thermal stability is examined. It is revealed that Rb can suppress the growth of PbI2 even under PbI2 -rich conditions and decreasing the Br ratio in the perovskite absorber layer can prevent the generation of unwanted RbBr-based aggregations. The optimized device achieved by engineering perovskite composition exhibits 92% power conversion efficiency retention in a stress test conducted at 85 °C/85% relative humidity (RH) according to an international standard (IEC 61215) while exceeding 20% power conversion efficiency (certified efficiency of 20.8% at 1 cm2 ). These results reveal the great potential for the practical use of perovskite solar cells in the near future.
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- Taisuke Matsui
- Technology Innovation Division, Institute for Energy and Material/Food Resources, Panasonic Corporation, 3-1-1 Yagumo-naka-machi, Moriguchi, Osaka, 570-8501, Japan
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- Technology Innovation Division, Institute for Energy and Material/Food Resources, Panasonic Corporation, 3-1-1 Yagumo-naka-machi, Moriguchi, Osaka, 570-8501, Japan
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- Technology Innovation Division, Institute for Energy and Material/Food Resources, Panasonic Corporation, 3-1-1 Yagumo-naka-machi, Moriguchi, Osaka, 570-8501, Japan
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- Technology Innovation Division, Institute for Energy and Material/Food Resources, Panasonic Corporation, 3-1-1 Yagumo-naka-machi, Moriguchi, Osaka, 570-8501, Japan
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- Technology Innovation Division, Institute for Energy and Material/Food Resources, Panasonic Corporation, 3-1-1 Yagumo-naka-machi, Moriguchi, Osaka, 570-8501, Japan
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- Technology Innovation Division, Institute for Energy and Material/Food Resources, Panasonic Corporation, 3-1-1 Yagumo-naka-machi, Moriguchi, Osaka, 570-8501, Japan
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- Technology Innovation Division, Institute for Energy and Material/Food Resources, Panasonic Corporation, 3-1-1 Yagumo-naka-machi, Moriguchi, Osaka, 570-8501, Japan
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Samples EM, Schuck JM, Joshi PB, Willets KA, Dobereiner GE. Synthesis and Properties of N-Arylpyrrole-Functionalized Poly(1-hexene- alt-CO). Macromolecules 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Evan M. Samples
- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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Gholipour S, Saliba M. From Exceptional Properties to Stability Challenges of Perovskite Solar Cells. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2018; 14:e1802385. [PMID: 30106507 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201802385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2018] [Revised: 07/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The discovery and development of organic-inorganic halide perovskites with exceptional properties has become an active research area in the field of photovoltaics. Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted much attention in recent years due to various attractive advantages, such as simple solution processing, low manufacturing cost, and high performances with power conversion efficiencies now reaching certified values close to 23% within a very short time frame of five years. Despite this rapid progress, the inferior device stability remains a great challenge. This review focuses on the factors limiting the stability of PSCs, such as humidity, heat, and irradiation, summarizing recent strategies to overcome stability and fabrication obstacles in order to open new perspectives to achieve highly durable perovskite devices toward future industrialization.
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- Somayeh Gholipour
- Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, CH 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, CH 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland
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Vaitukaityte D, Wang Z, Malinauskas T, Magomedov A, Bubniene G, Jankauskas V, Getautis V, Snaith HJ. Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells Using Low-Cost Aniline-Based Enamine Hole-Transporting Materials. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2018; 30:e1803735. [PMID: 30247784 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201803735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2018] [Revised: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Metal-halide perovskites offer great potential to realize low-cost and flexible next-generation solar cells. Low-temperature-processed organic hole-transporting layers play an important role in advancing device efficiencies and stabilities. Inexpensive and stable hole-transporting materials (HTMs) are highly desirable toward the scaling up of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Here, a new group of aniline-based enamine HTMs obtained via a one-step synthesis procedure is reported, without using a transition metal catalyst, from very common and inexpensive aniline precursors. This results in a material cost reduction to less than 1/5 of that for the archetypal spiro-OMeTAD. PSCs using an enamine V1091 HTM exhibit a champion power conversion efficiency of over 20%. Importantly, the unsealed devices with V1091 retain 96% of their original efficiency after storage in ambient air, with a relative humidity of 45% for over 800 h, while the devices fabricated using spiro-OMeTAD dropped down to 42% of their original efficiency after aging. Additionally, these materials can be processed via both solution and vacuum processes, which is believed to open up new possibilities for interlayers used in large-area all perovskite tandem cells, as well as many other optoelectronic device applications.
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- Deimante Vaitukaityte
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Kaunas University of Technology, Radvilenu pl. 19, Kaunas, 50254, Lithuania
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- Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Kaunas University of Technology, Radvilenu pl. 19, Kaunas, 50254, Lithuania
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Kaunas University of Technology, Radvilenu pl. 19, Kaunas, 50254, Lithuania
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Kaunas University of Technology, Radvilenu pl. 19, Kaunas, 50254, Lithuania
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- Department of Solid State Electronics, Vilnius University, Sauletekio 9, Vilnius, 10222, Lithuania
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Kaunas University of Technology, Radvilenu pl. 19, Kaunas, 50254, Lithuania
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- Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK
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Zhang S, Stolterfoht M, Armin A, Lin Q, Zu F, Sobus J, Jin H, Koch N, Meredith P, Burn PL, Neher D. Interface Engineering of Solution-Processed Hybrid Organohalide Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:21681-21687. [PMID: 29856202 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b02503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Engineering the interface between the perovskite absorber and the charge-transporting layers has become an important method for improving the charge extraction and open-circuit voltage ( VOC) of hybrid perovskite solar cells. Conjugated polymers are particularly suited to form the hole-transporting layer, but their hydrophobicity renders it difficult to solution-process the perovskite absorber on top. Herein, oxygen plasma treatment is introduced as a simple means to change the surface energy and work function of hydrophobic polymer interlayers for use as p-contacts in perovskite solar cells. We find that upon oxygen plasma treatment, the hydrophobic surfaces of different prototypical p-type polymers became sufficiently hydrophilic to enable subsequent perovskite junction processing. In addition, the oxygen plasma treatment also increased the ionization potential of the polymer such that it became closer to the valance band energy of the perovskite. It was also found that the oxygen plasma treatment could increase the electrical conductivity of the p-type polymers, facilitating more efficient charge extraction. On the basis of this concept, inverted MAPbI3 perovskite devices with different oxygen plasma-treated polymers such as P3HT, P3OT, polyTPD, or PTAA were fabricated with power conversion efficiencies of up to 19%.
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- Shanshan Zhang
- Centre for Organic Photonics & Electronics (COPE), School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences and School of Mathematics and Physics , The University of Queensland , Brisbane 4072 , Australia
- Institute of Physics and Astronomy , University of Potsdam , Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25 , D-14476 Potsdam-Golm , Germany
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- Institute of Physics and Astronomy , University of Potsdam , Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25 , D-14476 Potsdam-Golm , Germany
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- Department of Physics , Swansea University , Singleton Park , Swansea SA2 8PP , Wales , United Kingdom
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- Key Lab of Artificial Micro- and Nano-Structures of Ministry of Education of China , Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072 , P. R. China
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- Institut für Physik & IRIS Adlershof , Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin , 12489 Berlin , Germany
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH , 12489 Berlin , Germany
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- Centre for Organic Photonics & Electronics (COPE), School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences and School of Mathematics and Physics , The University of Queensland , Brisbane 4072 , Australia
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- Centre for Organic Photonics & Electronics (COPE), School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences and School of Mathematics and Physics , The University of Queensland , Brisbane 4072 , Australia
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- Institut für Physik & IRIS Adlershof , Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin , 12489 Berlin , Germany
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH , 12489 Berlin , Germany
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- Department of Physics , Swansea University , Singleton Park , Swansea SA2 8PP , Wales , United Kingdom
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- Centre for Organic Photonics & Electronics (COPE), School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences and School of Mathematics and Physics , The University of Queensland , Brisbane 4072 , Australia
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- Institute of Physics and Astronomy , University of Potsdam , Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25 , D-14476 Potsdam-Golm , Germany
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Analysing the Prospects of Perovskite Solar Cells within the Purview of Recent Scientific Advancements. CRYSTALS 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst8060242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Matsui T, Yokoyama T, Negami T, Sekiguchi T, Saliba M, Grätzel M, Segawa H. Effect of Rubidium for Thermal Stability of Triple-cation Perovskite Solar Cells. CHEM LETT 2018. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.180211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Taisuke Matsui
- Technology Innovation Division, Institute for Energy and Material/Food Resources, Panasonic Corporation, 3-1-1 Yagumo-naka-machi, Moriguchi, Osaka 570-8501, Japan
- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
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- Technology Innovation Division, Institute for Energy and Material/Food Resources, Panasonic Corporation, 3-1-1 Yagumo-naka-machi, Moriguchi, Osaka 570-8501, Japan
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- Technology Innovation Division, Institute for Energy and Material/Food Resources, Panasonic Corporation, 3-1-1 Yagumo-naka-machi, Moriguchi, Osaka 570-8501, Japan
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- Technology Innovation Division, Institute for Energy and Material/Food Resources, Panasonic Corporation, 3-1-1 Yagumo-naka-machi, Moriguchi, Osaka 570-8501, Japan
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- Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Chemin des Verdiers 4, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
- Department of General Systems Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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Saliba M, Correa-Baena JP, Grätzel M, Hagfeldt A, Abate A. Perowskit-Solarzellen: atomare Ebene, Schichtqualität und Leistungsfähigkeit der Zellen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201703226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Michael Saliba
- Laboratory for Photonics and Interfaces; Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; CH-1015- Lausanne Schweiz
- Adolphe Merkle Institute; University of Fribourg; CH-1700- Fribourg Schweiz
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- Laboratory of Photomolecular Science; Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; CH-1015- Lausanne Schweiz
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- Laboratory for Photonics and Interfaces; Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; CH-1015- Lausanne Schweiz
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- Laboratory of Photomolecular Science; Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; CH-1015- Lausanne Schweiz
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie; Kekuléstraße 5 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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Saliba M, Correa-Baena JP, Grätzel M, Hagfeldt A, Abate A. Perovskite Solar Cells: From the Atomic Level to Film Quality and Device Performance. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:2554-2569. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201703226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 351] [Impact Index Per Article: 58.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2017] [Revised: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Michael Saliba
- Laboratory for Photonics and Interfaces; Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering; École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; CH-1015- Lausanne Switzerland
- Adolphe Merkle Institute; University of Fribourg; CH-1700- Fribourg Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Photomolecular Science; Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering; École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; CH-1015- Lausanne Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Photonics and Interfaces; Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering; École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; CH-1015- Lausanne Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Photomolecular Science; Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering; École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; CH-1015- Lausanne Switzerland
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie; Kekuléstrasse 5 12489 Berlin Germany
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Klein JR, Scholz M, Oum K, Lenzer T. Intramolecular and interfacial dynamics of triarylamine-based hole transport materials. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2018; 17:722-733. [DOI: 10.1039/c8pp00030a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hole injection across interfaces is fast but critically depends on good contact between the hole transfer and light-harvesting materials.
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- Universität Siegen
- Physikalische Chemie
- 57076 Siegen
- Germany
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- Universität Siegen
- Physikalische Chemie
- 57076 Siegen
- Germany
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- Universität Siegen
- Physikalische Chemie
- 57076 Siegen
- Germany
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Lang F, Shargaieva O, Brus VV, Neitzert HC, Rappich J, Nickel NH. Influence of Radiation on the Properties and the Stability of Hybrid Perovskites. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2018; 30. [PMID: 29152795 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201702905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Revised: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Organic-inorganic perovskites are well suited for optoelectronic applications. In particular, perovskite single and perovskite tandem solar cells with silicon are close to their market entry. Despite their swift rise in efficiency to more than 21%, solar cell lifetimes are way below the needed 25 years. In fact, comparison of the time when the device performance has degraded to 80% of its initial value (T80 lifetime) of numerous solar cells throughout the literature reveals a strongly reduced stability under illumination. Herein, the various detrimental effects are discussed. Most notably, moisture- and heat-related degradation can be mitigated easily by now. Recently, however, several photoinduced degradation mechanisms have been observed. Under illumination, mixed perovskites tend to phase segregate, while, further, oxygen catalyzes deprotonation of the organic cations. Additionally, during illumination photogenerated charge can be trapped in the NH antibonding orbitals causing dissociation of the organic cation. On the other hand, organic-inorganic perovskites exhibit a high radiation hardness that is superior to crystalline silicon. Here, the proposed degradation mechanisms reported in the literature are thoroughly reviewed and the microscopic mechanisms and their implications for solar cells are discussed.
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- Felix Lang
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Institut für Silizium Photovoltaik, Kekuléstr. 5, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Institut für Silizium Photovoltaik, Kekuléstr. 5, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Institut für Silizium Photovoltaik, Kekuléstr. 5, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Industrial Engineering (DIIn), Salerno University, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084, Fisciano, SA, Italy
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Institut für Silizium Photovoltaik, Kekuléstr. 5, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Institut für Silizium Photovoltaik, Kekuléstr. 5, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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Abate A, Correa-Baena JP, Saliba M, Su'ait MS, Bella F. Perovskite Solar Cells: From the Laboratory to the Assembly Line. Chemistry 2017; 24:3083-3100. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201704507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Antonio Abate
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH; Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1 14109 Berlin Germany
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- MIT Photovoltaic Research Laboratory; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 77 Massachusetts Ave 02139 Cambridge USA
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- Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL); Station 3 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Solar Energy Research Institute; Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; 43600 Bangi Malaysia
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- GAME Lab, Department of Applied Science and Technology DISAT; Politecnico di Torino; Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 10129 Torino Italy
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Kranthiraja K, Park SH, Kim H, Gunasekar K, Han G, Kim BJ, Kim CS, Kim S, Lee H, Nishikubo R, Saeki A, Jin SH, Song M. Accomplishment of Multifunctional π-Conjugated Polymers by Regulating the Degree of Side-Chain Fluorination for Efficient Dopant-Free Ambient-Stable Perovskite Solar Cells and Organic Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:36053-36060. [PMID: 28948780 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b09146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We present an efficient approach to develop a series of multifunctional π-conjugated polymers (P1-P3) by controlling the degree of fluorination (0F, 2F, and 4F) on the side chain linked to the benzodithiophene unit of the π-conjugated polymer. The most promising changes were noticed in optical, electrochemical, and morphological properties upon varying the degree of fluorine atoms on the side chain. The properly aligned energy levels with respect to the perovskite and PCBM prompted us to use them in perovskite solar cells (PSCs) as hole-transporting materials (HTMs) and in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells (BHJ OSCs) as photoactive donors. Interestingly, P2 (2F) and P3 (4F) showed an enhanced power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 14.94%, 10.35% compared to P1 (0F) (9.80%) in dopant-free PSCs. Similarly, P2 (2F) and P3 (4F) also showed improved PCE of 7.93% and 7.43%, respectively, compared to P1 (0F) (PCE of 4.35%) in BHJ OSCs. The high photvoltaic performance of the P2 and P3 based photovotaic devices over P1 are well correlated with their energy level alignment, charge transporting, morphological and packing properties, and hole transfer yields. In addition, the P1-P3 based dopant-free PSCs and BHJ OSCs showed an excellent ambient stability up to 30 days without a significant drop in their initial performance.
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- Kakaraparthi Kranthiraja
- Department of Chemistry Education, Graduate Department of Chemical Materials, Institute for Plastic Information and Energy Materials, Pusan National University , Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Education, Graduate Department of Chemical Materials, Institute for Plastic Information and Energy Materials, Pusan National University , Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Education, Graduate Department of Chemical Materials, Institute for Plastic Information and Energy Materials, Pusan National University , Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Education, Graduate Department of Chemical Materials, Institute for Plastic Information and Energy Materials, Pusan National University , Busan 46241, Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) , Daejeon 305-701, Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) , Daejeon 305-701, Korea
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- Surface Technology Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science , Changwon 641-831, Korea
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- School of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kookmin University , Seoul 136-702, Korea
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- School of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kookmin University , Seoul 136-702, Korea
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University , Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University , Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Education, Graduate Department of Chemical Materials, Institute for Plastic Information and Energy Materials, Pusan National University , Busan 46241, Korea
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- Surface Technology Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science , Changwon 641-831, Korea
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Xu Y, Bu T, Li M, Qin T, Yin C, Wang N, Li R, Zhong J, Li H, Peng Y, Wang J, Xie L, Huang W. Non-Conjugated Polymer as an Efficient Dopant-Free Hole-Transporting Material for Perovskite Solar Cells. CHEMSUSCHEM 2017; 10:2578-2584. [PMID: 28481002 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201700584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Revised: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A new non-conjugated polymer (PVCz-OMeDAD) with good solution processability was developed to serve as an efficient dopant-free hole-transporting material (HTM) for perovskite solar cells (PSCs). PVCz-OMeDAD was simply prepared by the free-radical polymerization of vinyl monomers, which were synthesized from low-cost raw materials through three high-yield synthesis steps. The combination of the flexible non-conjugated polyvinyl main chain and hole-transporting methoxydiphenylamine-substituted carbazole side chains endowed PVCz-OMeDAD with excellent film-forming ability, a suitable energy level, and high hole mobility. As a result, by using an ultra-thin (≈30 nm) PVCz-OMeDAD film as cost-effective dopant-free polymer HTM, the conventional n-i-p-type PSCs demonstrated a power conversion efficiency (PCE) up to 16.09 %, suggesting the great potential of the polymer film for future low-cost, large-scale, flexible PSCs applications.
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- Yachao Xu
- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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