Phenothiazine-Based Hole-Transporting Materials toward Eco-friendly Perovskite Solar Cells

J. Salunke, X. Guo, Z. Lin, J. Vale, N. Candeias, Mathias Nyman, Staffan Dahlström, Ronald Österbacka, A. Priimagi, J. Chang, P. Vivo

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Abstract

Organic hole-transporting materials (HTMs), AZO-I and AZO-II, were synthesized via Schiff base chemistry by functionalizing a phenothiazine core with triarylamine(s) through azomethine bridges. Substantial enhancements in the power conversion efficiency (PCE = 12.6% and 14% for AZO-I and AZO-II, respectively) and stability (68% or 91% of PCE retained after 60 days for AZO-I or AZO-II, respectively) of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) were achieved when switching from mono- (AZO-I) to disubstituted (AZO-II) HTMs. The extremely low production costs (9 and 12 $/g for AZO-I and AZO-II, respectively), together with the Pd-catalyst-free synthesis, make these materials excellent candidates for low-cost and eco-friendly PSCs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3021–3027
JournalACS Applied Energy Materials
Volume2
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

  • hole-transporting materials
  • azomethine
  • phenothiazine
  • low-cost
  • perovskite solar cells
  • eco-friendly

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