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Stable Perovskite Solar Cells Using Molecularly Engineered Functionalized Oligothiophenes as Low-Cost Hole-Transporting Materials

Joseph, Vellaichamy
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Sutanto, Albertus Adrian  
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Igci, Cansu  
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June 8, 2021
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Triarylamine-substituted bithiophene (BT-4D), terthiophene (TT-4D), and quarterthiophene (QT-4D) small molecules are synthesized and used as low-cost hole-transporting materials (HTMs) for perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The optoelectronic, electrochemical, and thermal properties of the compounds are investigated systematically. The BT-4D, TT-4D, and QT-4D compounds exhibit thermal decomposition temperature over 400 degrees C. The n-i-p configured perovskite solar cells (PSCs) fabricated with BT-4D as HTM show the maximum power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 19.34% owing to its better hole-extracting properties and film formation compared to TT-4D and QT-4D, which exhibit PCE of 17% and 16%, respectively. Importantly, PSCs using BT-4D demonstrate exceptional stability by retaining 98% of its initial PCE after 1186 h of continuous 1 sun illumination. The remarkable long-term stability and facile synthetic procedure of BT-4D show a great promise for efficient, stable, and low-cost HTMs for PSCs for commercial applications.

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DOI
10.1002/smll.202100783
Web of Science ID

WOS:000658905300001

Author(s)
Joseph, Vellaichamy
Sutanto, Albertus Adrian  
Igci, Cansu  
Syzgantseva, Olga A.
Jankauskas, Vygintas
Rakstys, Kasparas
Queloz, Valentin I. E.  
Kanda, Hiroyuki  
Huang, Ping-Yu
Ni, Jen-Shyang
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Date Issued

2021-06-08

Publisher

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH

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Small
Article Number

2100783

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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functionalized oligothiophenes

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low-cost hole transporting material

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n-i-p configuration

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stable perovskite solar cells

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dopant-free

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highly efficient

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spiro-ometad

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thiophene

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stability

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performance

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films

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