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Spiro-Phenothiazine Hole-Transporting Materials: Unlocking Stability and Scalability in Perovskite Solar Cells

Urieta-Mora, Javier
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Choi, Seung Ju
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Jeong, Jaeki  
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2025
Advanced Materials

Improving both the efficiency and long-term stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is critical for their commercial deployment. Despite the widespread use of spiro-OMeTAD as a hole-transporting material (HTM), its inhomogeneous doping behavior and susceptibility to moisture and heat have hindered its large-scale industrial implementation. Here, a family of spiro-phenothiazine-based HTMs (PTZ) is reported to address these drawbacks. Among them, the fluorene derivative (PTZ-Fl) shows a larger Li+ affinity and forms a compact interphase by intercalation in the perovskite passivating layer that prevents Li+ migration. PSCs incorporating PTZ-Fl exhibit power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) up to 25.8% (certified 25.2% under reverse scan), retaining 80% of their initial performance after 1000 h under ISOS-L-3 protocol. Furthermore, a 5 × 5 cm mini-module reaches a PCE of 22.1%, surpassing spiro-OMeTAD-based PSCs and retaining over 85% of its efficiency after 1100 h under ISOS-D-1 protocol. These results demonstrate that PTZ-Fl not only enables high PCEs but also substantially improves operational stability, offering a promising pathway toward the large-scale deployment of next-generation PSCs.

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DOI
10.1002/adma.202505475
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-105011856565

PubMed ID

40717679

Author(s)
Urieta-Mora, Javier

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Choi, Seung Ju

Korea Institute of Energy Research

Jeong, Jaeki  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Orecchio, Silvia

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

García-Benito, Inés

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Pérez-Escribano, Manuel

Universitat de València

Calbo, Joaquín

Universitat de València

Zheng, Likai  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Byun, Minseop

Korea Institute of Energy Research

Song, Seyeong

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

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Date Issued

2025

Published in
Advanced Materials
Article Number

e05475

Subjects

hole transporting materials

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perovskite solar cells

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power conversion efficiency

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LPI  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

National Research Foundation of Korea

Comunidad de Madrid

MCIN

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August 20, 2025
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