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Copolymer-Templated Nickel Oxide for High-Efficiency Mesoscopic Perovskite Solar Cells in Inverted Architecture

Sadegh, Faranak
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Akin, Seckin
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Moghadam, Majid
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June 10, 2021
Advanced Functional Materials

Despite the outstanding role of mesoscopic structures on the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) in the regular (n-i-p) architecture, mesoscopic PSCs in inverted (p-i-n) architecture have rarely been reported. Herein, an efficient and stable mesoscopic NiOx (mp-NiOx) scaffold formed via a simple and low-cost triblock copolymer template-assisted strategy is employed, and this mp-NiOx film is utilized as a hole transport layer (HTL) in PSCs, for the first time. Promisingly, this approach allows the fabrication of homogenous, crack-free, and robust 150 nm thick mp-NiOx HTLs through a facile chemical approach. Such a high-quality templated mp-NiOx structure promotes the growth of the perovskite film yielding better surface coverage and enlarged grains. These desired structural and morphological features effectively translate into improved charge extraction, accelerated charge transportation, and suppressed trap-assisted recombination. Ultimately, a considerable efficiency of 20.2% is achieved with negligible hysteresis which is among the highest efficiencies for mp-NiOx based inverted PSCs so far. Moreover, mesoscopic devices indicate higher long-term stability under ambient conditions compared to planar devices. Overall, these results may set new benchmarks in terms of performance for mesoscopic inverted PSCs employing templated mp-NiOx films as highly efficient, stable, and easy fabricated HTLs.

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DOI
10.1002/adfm.202102237
Web of Science ID

WOS:000659717300001

Author(s)
Sadegh, Faranak
Akin, Seckin
Moghadam, Majid
Keshavarzi, Reza
Mirkhani, Valiollah
Ruiz-Preciado, Marco A.  
Akman, Erdi
Zhang, Hong  
Amini, Mina
Tangestaninejad, Shahram
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Date Issued

2021-06-10

Publisher

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH

Published in
Advanced Functional Materials
Article Number

2102237

Subjects

Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

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Chemistry, Physical

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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Physics, Applied

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Physics, Condensed Matter

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Chemistry

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Science & Technology - Other Topics

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Materials Science

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Physics

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hole transport layers

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inverted architecture

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mesoscopic pscs

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template-assisted strategy

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triblock copolymers

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thin-film

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mesoporous nio

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performance

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layer

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recombination

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stability

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