TY - JOUR
T1 - Isomeric imidazole functionalized bithiophene-based hole transporting materials for stable perovskite solar cells
AU - Xia, Jianxing
AU - Joseph, Vellaichamy
AU - Sutanto, Albertus Adrian
AU - Balasaravanan, Rajendiran
AU - Ezhumalai, Yamuna
AU - Zhang, Zhong Xiang
AU - Ni, Jen Shyang
AU - Yogesh, S. Tingare
AU - Yau, Shueh Lin
AU - Shao, Guang
AU - Qiu, Zeliang
AU - Asiri, Abdullah M.
AU - Chen, Ming Chou
AU - Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s)
PY - 2023/3/15
Y1 - 2023/3/15
N2 - 2,2,7,7-tetrakis(N,N-dip-methoxyphenylamine)-9,9-spirobifluorene (spiro-OMeTAD) is a popular hole-transporting material (HTM) in perovskite solar cells (PSCs), However, it suffers from high-cost and stability issues, which need to be overcome for PSC commercialization. Here, we report isomers of bithiophene-based HTMs functionalized with triarylamine and imidazole for PSCs. The planar 3-ImBT-2D (1) exhibits higher hole mobility than 5-ImBT-2D (2) via modulation of donor-group positions. The PSCs using HTM (1) deliver an excellent power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 21.73% with Li-TFSI doping and 17.79% without dopants. In addition, the Li-TFSI-free device based on 3-ImBT-2D yields a PCE of 21% after HTM surface modification with organic p-dopant dimethylanilinium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate (DPB). A molecular dynamics study shows that the isomer 3-ImBT-2D (1) folds up after deposition on perovskite films. As a result, the Li-TFSI-free devices exhibit higher stability, retaining 95.9% of the initial PCE after 800 h aging.
AB - 2,2,7,7-tetrakis(N,N-dip-methoxyphenylamine)-9,9-spirobifluorene (spiro-OMeTAD) is a popular hole-transporting material (HTM) in perovskite solar cells (PSCs), However, it suffers from high-cost and stability issues, which need to be overcome for PSC commercialization. Here, we report isomers of bithiophene-based HTMs functionalized with triarylamine and imidazole for PSCs. The planar 3-ImBT-2D (1) exhibits higher hole mobility than 5-ImBT-2D (2) via modulation of donor-group positions. The PSCs using HTM (1) deliver an excellent power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 21.73% with Li-TFSI doping and 17.79% without dopants. In addition, the Li-TFSI-free device based on 3-ImBT-2D yields a PCE of 21% after HTM surface modification with organic p-dopant dimethylanilinium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate (DPB). A molecular dynamics study shows that the isomer 3-ImBT-2D (1) folds up after deposition on perovskite films. As a result, the Li-TFSI-free devices exhibit higher stability, retaining 95.9% of the initial PCE after 800 h aging.
KW - Li-TFSI free
KW - bithiophene
KW - hole transporting materials
KW - imidazole
KW - perovskite solar cells
KW - surface p-doping
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85150028224&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.xcrp.2023.101312
DO - 10.1016/j.xcrp.2023.101312
M3 - 期刊論文
AN - SCOPUS:85150028224
SN - 2666-3864
VL - 4
JO - Cell Reports Physical Science
JF - Cell Reports Physical Science
IS - 3
M1 - 101312
ER -