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Isomeric imidazole functionalized bithiophene-based hole transporting materials for stable perovskite solar cells

Xia, Jianxin
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Joseph, Vellaicham
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Sutanto, Albertus Adrian  
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March 15, 2023
Cell Reports Physical Science

2,2,7,7-tetrakis(N,N-dip-methoxyphenylamine)-9,9-spirobifluorene (spiro-OMeTAD) is a popular hole-transporting material (HTM) in perovskite solar cells (PSCs), However, it suffers from high-cost and stability issues, which need to be overcome for PSC commercial-ization. Here, we report isomers of bithiophene-based HTMs func-tionalized with triarylamine and imidazole for PSCs. The planar 3-ImBT-2D (1) exhibits higher hole mobility than 5-ImBT-2D (2) via modulation of donor-group positions. The PSCs using HTM (1) deliver an excellent power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 21.73% with Li-TFSI doping and 17.79% without dopants. In addition, the Li-TFSI-free device based on 3-ImBT-2D yields a PCE of 21% after HTM surface modification with organic p-dopant dimethylanilinium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate (DPB). A molecular dynamics study shows that the isomer 3-ImBT-2D (1) folds up after deposition on perovskite films. As a result, the Li-TFSI-free devices exhibit higher stability, retaining 95.9% of the initial PCE after 800 h aging.

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DOI
10.1016/j.xcrp.2023.101312
Web of Science ID

WOS:000962164200001

Author(s)
Xia, Jianxin
Joseph, Vellaicham
Sutanto, Albertus Adrian  
Balasaravanan, Rajendiran
Ezhurnalai, Yamun
Zhang, Zhong-Xiang
Ni, Jen-Shyang
Yogesh, S. Tingare
Yau, Shueh-Lin
Shao, Guang
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Date Issued

2023-03-15

Publisher

ELSEVIER

Published in
Cell Reports Physical Science
Volume

4

Issue

3

Article Number

101312

Subjects

Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

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Energy & Fuels

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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Physics, Multidisciplinary

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Chemistry

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Materials Science

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Physics

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