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Doped but Stable: Spirobisacridine Hole Transporting Materials for Hysteresis-Free and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Drigo, Nikita  
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Roldan-Carmona, Cristina  
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Franckevicius, Marius  
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January 29, 2020
Journal Of The American Chemical Society

Four spirobisacridine (SBA) hole-transporting materials were synthesized and employed in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The molecules bear electronically inert alkyl chains of different length and bulkiness, attached to in-plane N atoms of nearly orthogonal spiro-connected acridines. Di-p-methoxyphenylamine (DMPA) substituents tailored to the central SBA-platform define electronic properties of the materials mimicking the structure of the benchmark 2,2',7,7'-tetrakis(N,N-di-4-methoxyphenylamino)-9,9'-spirobifluorene (spiro-MeOTAD), while the alkyl pending groups affect molecular packing in thin films and affect the long-term performance of PSCs. Devices with SBA-based hole transporting layers (HTL) attain efficiencies on par with spiro-MeOTAD. More importantly, solar cells with the new HTMs are hysteresis-free and demonstrate good operational stability, despite being doped as spiro-MeOTAD. The best performing MeSBA-DMPA retained 88% of the initial efficiency after a 1000 h aging test under constant illumination. The results clearly demonstrate that SBA-based compounds are potent candidates for a design of new HTMs for PSCs with improved longevity.

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research article
DOI
10.1021/jacs.9b07166
Web of Science ID

WOS:000510531900025

Author(s)
Drigo, Nikita  
Roldan-Carmona, Cristina  
Franckevicius, Marius  
Lin, Kun-Han  
Gegevicius, Rokas
Kim, Hobeom  
Schouwink, Pascal A.  
Sutanto, Albertus A.  
Olthof, Selina
Sohail, Muhammad
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Date Issued

2020-01-29

Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC

Published in
Journal Of The American Chemical Society
Volume

142

Issue

4A

Start page

1792

End page

1800

Subjects

Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

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Chemistry

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long-term stability

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induced degradation

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highly efficient

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performance

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interfaces

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migration

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REVIEWED

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March 7, 2020
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