Hydrogen bonding drives the self-assembling of carbazole-based hole-transport material for enhanced efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells
(2022) In Nano Energy 101.- Abstract
Designing a hole-transport material (HTM) that guarantees effective hole transport while self-assembling at the perovskite|HTM interface with the formation of an ordered interlayer, has recently emerged as a promising strategy for high-performance and stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Hydrogen bonding (HB) is a versatile multi-functional tool for the design of small molecular HTMs. However, to date, its employment is mostly limited to p-i-n inverted PSCs. This study demonstrates the advantages of a novel HTM design that can self-assemble into a long-range ordered interlayer on the perovskite surface via HB association. A hydro-functional HTM (O1) is compared to a reference HTM (O2) that cannot form HB due to the replacement of the... (More)
Designing a hole-transport material (HTM) that guarantees effective hole transport while self-assembling at the perovskite|HTM interface with the formation of an ordered interlayer, has recently emerged as a promising strategy for high-performance and stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Hydrogen bonding (HB) is a versatile multi-functional tool for the design of small molecular HTMs. However, to date, its employment is mostly limited to p-i-n inverted PSCs. This study demonstrates the advantages of a novel HTM design that can self-assemble into a long-range ordered interlayer on the perovskite surface via HB association. A hydro-functional HTM (O1) is compared to a reference HTM (O2) that cannot form HB due to the replacement of the amide group of O1 with a plain butyl alkyl chain in O2. As a result, O1-based n-i-p PSCs display enhanced hole extraction reaction, suppressed interfacial charge recombination, reduced hysteresis effect, and an increase in Voc (by 60 mV), FF (>11% increase), and overall power conversion efficiency, PCE (32% increase) compared to the case of HB-free O2-based devices. Remarkable stability is observed for unencapsulated O1 cells, with a T80 lifetime of 35.5 h under continuous maximum power point tracking in air. This work emphasizes the role of HB-directed self-assembling in simultaneously enhancing both the PCE and stability of popular n-i-p PSCs. This study paves the way for the development of new hydro-functional charge-transport material designs for efficient and stable PSCs.
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- Wang, Cheng ; Liu, Maning LU ; Rahman, Sunardi ; Pasanen, Hannu Pekka ; Tian, Jingshu ; Li, Jianhui ; Deng, Zhifeng ; Zhang, Haichang and Vivo, Paola
- publishing date
- 2022-10
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Hole-transport materials, Hydrogen bonding, Interfaces, Perovskite solar cells, Self-assembly, Stability
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- Nano Energy
- volume
- 101
- article number
- 107604
- publisher
- Elsevier
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- scopus:85134593701
- ISSN
- 2211-2855
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.107604
- language
- English
- LU publication?
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- bc30ab97-9c52-4869-a5e8-7fbe7084d96f
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- 2023-08-24 12:14:01
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