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A simple spiro-type hole transporting material for efficient perovskite solar cells

Ganesan, Paramaguru
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Fu, Kunwu
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Gao, Peng  
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2015
Energy & Environmental Science

We developed a cost-effective spiro-type 4,4 ',4 '',4 '''-(2H,2 ' H,4H,4 ' H-3,3 '-spiro-bi[thieno[3,4-b][1,4] dioxepine]-6,6 ',8,8 '-tetrayl) tetrakis(N,N-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)aniline) hole transporting material (PST1) for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) that works efficiently even without a cobalt dopant. The PST1 is obtained by employing facile synthetic routes and tends to crystallize in the solid state. An X-ray diffraction study of PST1 revealed a unique quasi-spiro molecular configuration and found multiple CH/pi and pi-pi intermolecular contacts. For the first time, the crystal structure of 2,2 ',7,7 '-tetrakis(N,N '-di-p-methoxyphenylamine)-9,9 '-spirobifluorene (spiro-OMeTAD) is also studied for comparison. The device based on PST1 exhibited a PCE of 13.44%, and a comparable 12.74% PCE was achieved for its undoped form, which paves the way for developing new low cost hole transporting materials and final industrialization of perovskite solar cells.

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research article
DOI
10.1039/c4ee03773a
Web of Science ID

WOS:000357541300009

Author(s)
Ganesan, Paramaguru
Fu, Kunwu
Gao, Peng  
Raabe, Ines  
Schenk, Kurt  
Scopelliti, Rosario  
Luo, Jingshan  
Wong, Lydia H.
Graetzel, Michael  
Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja  
Date Issued

2015

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

Published in
Energy & Environmental Science
Volume

8

Issue

7

Start page

1986

End page

1991

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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September 28, 2015
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