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N-Type conductive small molecule assisted 23.5% efficient inverted perovskite solar cells

Cao, Q ; Sharif University of Technology | 2022

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202201435
  3. Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2022
  4. Abstract:
  5. Because of the compatibility with tandem devices and the ability to be manufactured at low temperatures, inverted perovskite solar cells have generated far-ranging interest for potential commercial applications. However, their efficiency remains inadequate owing to various traps in the perovskite film and the restricted hole blocking ability of the electron transport layer. Thus, in this work, a wide-bandgap n-type semiconductor, 4,6-bis(3,5-di(pyridin-4-yl)phenyl)-2-phenylpyrimidine (B4PyPPM), to modify a perovskite film via an anti-solvent method is introduced. The nitrogen sites of pyrimidine and pyridine rings in B4PyPPM exhibit strong interactions with the undercoordinated lead ions in the perovskite material. These interactions can reduce the trap state densities and inhibit nonradiative recombination of the perovskite bulk. Moreover, B4PyPPM can partially aggregate on the perovskite surface, leading to an improvement in the hole-blocking ability at its interface. This modification can also increase the built-in potential and upshift the Fermi level of the modified perovskite film, promoting electron extraction to the electron transport layer. The champion device achieves a high efficiency of 23.51%. Meantime, the sealed device retains ≈80% of its initial performance under a maximum power point tracking for nearly 2400 h, demonstrating an excellent operational stability. © 2022 Wiley-VCH GmbH
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  7. Conductive small molecules ; High efficiency ; Inverted PSCs ; Cell engineering ; Efficiency ; Electron transport properties ; Energy gap ; Hermetic devices ; Maximum power point trackers ; Molecules ; Perovskite solar cells ; Wide band gap semiconductors ; Anti-solvents ; Antisolvent engineering ; Conductive small molecule ; Electron transport layers ; Higher efficiency ; Hole-blocking ; Inverted PSC ; Operational stability ; Perovskite films ; Small molecules ; Perovskite
  8. Source: Advanced Energy Materials ; Volume 12, Issue 34 , 2022 ; 16146832 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/aenm.202201435