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Yu B, Sun Y, Zhang J, Wang K, Yu H. Synergetic Regulation of Interface Defects and Carriers Dynamics for High-Performance Lead-Free Perovskite Solar Cells. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2307025. [PMID: 37941475 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202307025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 10/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
Abstract
Severe nonradiative recombination and open-circuit voltage loss triggered by high-density interface defects greatly restrict the continuous improvement of Sn-based perovskite solar cells (Sn-PVSCs). Herein, a novel amphoteric semiconductor, O-pivaloylhydroxylammonium trifluoromethanesulfonate (PHAAT), is developed to manage interface defects and carrier dynamics of Sn-PVSCs. The amphiphilic ionic modulators containing multiple Lewis-base functional groups can synergistically passivate anionic and cationic defects while coordinating with uncoordinated Sn2+ to compensate for surface charge and alleviate the Sn2+ oxidation. Especially, the sulfonate anions raise the energy barrier of surface oxidation, relieve lattice distortion, and inhibit nonradiative recombination by passivating Sn-related and I-related deep-level defects. Furthermore, the strong coupling between PHAAT and Sn perovskite induces the transition of the surface electronic state from p-type to n-type, thus creating an extra back-surface field to accelerate electron extraction. Consequently, the PHAAT-treated device exhibits a champion efficiency of 13.94% with negligible hysteresis. The device without any encapsulation maintains 94.7% of its initial PCE after 2000 h of storage and 91.6% of its initial PCE after 1000 h of continuous illumination. This work provides a reliable strategy to passivate interface defects and construct p-n homojunction to realize efficient and stable Sn-based perovskite photovoltaic devices.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bo Yu
- School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510640, China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510640, China
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- International School of Microelectronics, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, Guangdong, 523808, China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510640, China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510640, China
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Velusamy A, Afraj SN, Guo YS, Ni JS, Huang HL, Su TY, Ezhumalai Y, Liu CL, Chiang CH, Chen MC, Wu CG. Bicyclopentadithiophene-Based Organic Semiconductor for Stable and High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells Exceeding 22. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:6162-6175. [PMID: 38277509 PMCID: PMC10859901 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c15774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2023] [Revised: 12/30/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
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Well-performing organic-inorganic halide perovskites are susceptible to poor efficiency and instability due to their various defects at the interphases, grain boundaries (GBs), and surfaces. In this study, an in situ method is utilized for effectively passivating the under-coordinated Pb2+ defects of perovskite with new non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) (INXBCDT; X = H, Cl, and Br) through their carbonyl and cyano functional groups during the antisolvent dripping process. It reveals that the bicyclopentadithiophene (BCDT) core with highly electron-withdrawing end-capping groups passivates GBs and boosts perovskite grain growth. This effective defect passivation decreases the trap density to increase the carrier recombination lifetime of the perovskite film. As a result, bromo-substituted dicyanomethylene indanone (INBr)-end-capped BCDT (INBrBCDT-b8; 3a)-passivated devices exhibit the highest power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 22.20% (vs those of 18.09% obtained for perovskite films without passivation) upon an optimized film preparation process. Note that devices treated with more soluble 2-ethylhexyl-substituted compounds (1a, 2a, and 3a) exhibit higher PCE than those treated with less soluble octyl-substituted compounds (1b, 2b, and 3b). It is also worth noting that BCDT is a cost-effective six-ring core that is easier to synthesize with a higher yield and therefore much cheaper than those with highly fused-ring cores. In addition, a long-term stability test in a glovebox for 1500 h reveals that the perovskite solar cells (PSCs) based on a perovskite absorber treated with compound 3a maintain ∼90% of their initial PCE. This is the first example of the simplest high-conjugation additive for perovskite film to achieve a PCE greater than 22% of the corresponding lead-based PSCs.
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- Arulmozhi Velusamy
- Department
of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National
Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 80778, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, National
Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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Velusamy A, Afraj SN, Yau S, Liu C, Ezhumalai Y, Kumaresan P, Chen M. Fused thiophene based materials for organic thin‐film transistors. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.202200214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Arulmozhi Velusamy
- Department of Chemistry and Research Center of New Generation Light Driven Photovoltaic Modules National Central University Taoyuan Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center of New Generation Light Driven Photovoltaic Modules National Central University Taoyuan Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center of New Generation Light Driven Photovoltaic Modules National Central University Taoyuan Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering National Taiwan University Taipei Taiwan
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- Centre for Material Chemistry Karpagam Academy of Higher Education Coimbatore India
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center of New Generation Light Driven Photovoltaic Modules National Central University Taoyuan Taiwan
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Joseph V, Xia J, Sutanto AA, Jankauskas V, Momblona C, Ding B, Rakstys K, Balasaravanan R, Pan CH, Ni JS, Yau SL, Sohail M, Chen MC, Dyson PJ, Nazeeruddin MK. Triarylamine-Functionalized Imidazolyl-Capped Bithiophene Hole Transporting Material for Cost-Effective Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:22053-22060. [PMID: 35512181 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c00841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Triarylamine end-capped-functionalized arylene-imidazole derivatives were synthesized from readily accessible, inexpensive precursors and employed as hole transporting materials (HTMs) in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). All the HTMs displayed high thermal decomposition temperatures (>410 °C), which is beneficial for realizing stable PSC devices. In addition, the new HTMs show appropriate energy level alignment with the perovskite layer, ensuring efficient hole transfer from perovskites to HTMs. Interestingly, PSCs fabricated with the triarylamine-functionalized imidazolyl-capped bithiophene molecule (DImBT-4D) as the HTM exhibited the best power conversion efficiency of 20.11%, comparable to that of the benchmark HTM spiro-OMeTAD, prompting it be a prospective candidate for large-scale PSC applications.
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- Vellaichamy Joseph
- Department of Chemistry and Research Center of New Generation Light-Driven Photovoltaic Module, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Group for Molecular Engineering of Functional Materials, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Sion CH-1951, Switzerland
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- Group for Molecular Engineering of Functional Materials, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Sion CH-1951, Switzerland
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- Institute of Chemical Physics, Vilnius University, Sauletekio al. 3, Vilnius 10257, Lithuania
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- Group for Molecular Engineering of Functional Materials, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Sion CH-1951, Switzerland
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- Group for Molecular Engineering of Functional Materials, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Sion CH-1951, Switzerland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Kaunas University of Technology, Radvilenu pl. 19, Kaunas 50254, Lithuania
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center of New Generation Light-Driven Photovoltaic Module, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center of New Generation Light-Driven Photovoltaic Module, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Photo-sensitive Material Advanced Research and Technology Center (Photo-SMART), National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 80778, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center of New Generation Light-Driven Photovoltaic Module, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Science Department, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Education City, P.O. Box 23874, Doha 4290, Qatar
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center of New Generation Light-Driven Photovoltaic Module, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
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- Group for Molecular Engineering of Functional Materials, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Sion CH-1951, Switzerland
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- Group for Molecular Engineering of Functional Materials, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Sion CH-1951, Switzerland
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Zhang W, Ren F, Wen Y, Xu Z, Sun J, Yan Z, Ding L, Hai X, Zhang Q. Enhancing Hole Transport of Quantum-Dot Light-Emitting Diodes by a Cruciform Oligothiophene for Effective p-Type Doping. Macromol Rapid Commun 2022; 43:e2200187. [PMID: 35451198 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202200187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
Effective p-type doping is essential to enhance hole transport and balance electron-hole injection in quantum dot light-emitting diodes (QLEDs). Here, an oligothiophene material is adopted as a p-type dopant in the hole-transport layer, considering its cruciform cross-centre structure, precise molecular weight, and high purity. Compared with the dopant-free counterpart, hole transport capability at the optimal doping level exhibits a significant improvement, producing a boosted external quantum efficiency (EQE) and luminance up to 20.8%, 213,439 cd m-2 , respectively, among the highest reported on the red-light emission. The work indicates the potential applications of oligothiophene material in red light-emitting devices. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Wenjing Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Nondestructive Testing, Ministry of Education, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330063, P. R. China.,Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Nondestructive Testing, Ministry of Education, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330063, P. R. China.,Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Nondestructive Testing, Ministry of Education, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330063, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Nondestructive Testing, Ministry of Education, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330063, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Nondestructive Testing, Ministry of Education, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330063, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Nondestructive Testing, Ministry of Education, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330063, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Nondestructive Testing, Ministry of Education, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330063, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Nondestructive Testing, Ministry of Education, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330063, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Nondestructive Testing, Ministry of Education, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330063, P. R. China
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