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Dopamine Dopes the Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells

Ansari, Fatemeh  
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Zheng, Likai  
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Pfeifer, Lukas  
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June 2, 2025
Advanced Materials

The electron transport layer (ETL) is a crucial component of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) as it greatly influences their photovoltaic performance. Among various currently used ETL materials, SnO₂ stands out due to its unique advantages, including low‐temperature fabrication and rapid electron extraction capability and excellent energy match of its conduction band edge with that of the commonly used perovskite formulations. However, the currently employed SnO₂ layers contain surface defects, such as hydroxyl groups and oxygen vacancies that impair the desired growth of highly crystalline and defect less perovskite films during solution processing of n‐i‐p type PSCs reducing their power conversion efficiency (PCE) and stability. Here, a self‐assembled monolayer (SAM) is introduced of dopamine hydrochloride (DACl) on the SnO2 film, whose catechol moiety adheres strongly to the SnO2 surface, while its methylammonium groups template the growth of the perovskite layer. Introducing the dopamine SAM at the interface between the ETL and the perovskite increases substantially the solar‐to‐electric PCE while greatly enhancing the PSC stability. This findings demonstrate the surprising benefits of this well‐known neurotransmitter for the photovoltaic performance of PSCs which this is rationalized here by DFT and ab initio molecular dynamics calculations.

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DOI
10.1002/adma.202501075
Author(s)
Ansari, Fatemeh  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Zheng, Likai  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Pfeifer, Lukas  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Eickemeyer, Felix T.  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Zakeeruddin, Shaik Mohammed  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Lempesis, Nikolaos  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Carnevali, Virginia  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Vezzosi, Andrea  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Sláma, Vladislav  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Georges, Tristan  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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Date Issued

2025-06-02

Publisher

Wiley

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Advanced Materials
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FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme

589060

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June 4, 2025
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