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Durable Perovskite Solar Cells with 24.5% Average Efficiency: The Role of Rigid Conjugated Core in Molecular Semiconductors

Ren, Ming
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Fang, Lingyi
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Zhang, Yuyan
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April 23, 2024
Advanced Materials

Efficient and robust n-i-p perovskite solar cells necessitate superior organic hole-transport materials with both mechanical and electronic prowess. Deciphering the structure-property relationship of these materials is crucial for practical perovskite solar cell applications. Through direct arylation, two high glass transition temperature molecular semiconductors, DBC-ETPA (202 degrees C) and TPE-ETPA (180 degrees C) are synthesized, using dibenzo[g,p]chrysene (DBC) and 1,1,2,2-tetraphenylethene (TPE) tetrabromides with triphenylene-ethylenedioxythiophene-dimethoxytriphenylamine (ETPA). In comparison to spiro-OMeTAD, both semiconductors exhibit shallower HOMO energy levels, resulting in increased hole densities (generated by air oxidation doping) and accelerated hole extraction from photoexcited perovskite. Experimental and theoretical studies highlight the more rigid DBC core, enhancing hole mobility due to reduced reorganization energy and lower energy disorder. Importantly, DBC-ETPA possesses a higher cohesive energy density, leading to lower ion diffusion coefficients and higher Young's moduli. Leveraging these attributes, DBC-ETPA is employed as the primary hole-transport layer component, yielding perovskite solar cells with an average efficiency of 24.5%, surpassing spiro-OMeTAD reference cells (24.0%). Furthermore, DBC-ETPA-based cells exhibit superior operational stability and 85 degrees C thermal storage stability.|Dibenzo[g,p]chrysene, a non-planar double helicene, displays enhanced rigidity compared to tetraphenylethene, enabling the development of a molecular semiconductor with elevated cohesive energy density and hole mobility. Applied in high-efficiency perovskite solar cell fabrication, it exhibits remarkable operational stability at 45 degrees C and storage stability at 85 degrees C. image

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DOI
10.1002/adma.202403403
Web of Science ID

WOS:001206804500001

Author(s)
Ren, Ming
Fang, Lingyi
Zhang, Yuyan
Eickemeyer, Felix Thomas  
Yuan, Yi
Zakeeruddin, Shaik M.  
Graetzel, Michael  
Wang, Peng
Date Issued

2024-04-23

Publisher

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh

Published in
Advanced Materials
Subjects

Physical Sciences

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Technology

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Charge Transport

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Diffusion

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Moduli

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Molecular Semiconductors

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Solar Cells

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REVIEWED

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LPI  
FunderGrant Number

National Key Research and Development Program of China

National Natural Science Foundation of China

52073250

China Scholarship Council

202206320208

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May 1, 2024
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