Dopant-Free Tetrakis-Triphenylamine Hole Transporting Material for Efficient Tin-Based Perovskite Solar Cells

Weijun Ke, Pragya Priyanka, Sureshraju Vegiraju, Constantinos C. Stoumpos, Ioannis Spanopoulos, Chan Myae Myae Soe, Tobin J. Marks*, Ming Chou Chen, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

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Abstract

Developing dopant-free hole transporting layers (HTLs) is critical in achieving high-performance and robust state-of-the-art perovskite photovoltaics, especially for the air-sensitive tin-based perovskite systems. The commonly used HTLs require hygroscopic dopants and additives for optimal performance, which adds extra cost to manufacturing and limits long-term device stability. Here we demonstrate the use of a novel tetrakis-triphenylamine (TPE) small molecule prepared by a facile synthetic route as a superior dopant-free HTL for lead-free tin-based perovskite solar cells. The best-performing tin iodide perovskite cells employing the novel mixed-cation ethylenediammonium/formamidinium with the dopant-free TPE HTL achieve a power conversion efficiency as high as 7.23%, ascribed to the HTL's suitable band alignment and excellent hole extraction/collection properties. This efficiency is one of the highest reported so far for tin halide perovskite systems, highlighting potential application of TPE HTL material in low-cost high-performance tin-based perovskite solar cells.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)388-393
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume140
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 10 2018

Funding

This work was supported in part by the ANSER Center, an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, and Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Award DE-SC0001059. This work made use of the EPIC facility (NUANCE Center−Northwestern University), which has received support from the MRSEC program (NSF DMR-1121262) at the Materials Research Center, and the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (EEC-0118025/003), both programs of the National Science Foundation; the State of Illinois; and Northwestern University. The support at National Central University was received from the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (MOST). This work made use of the EPIC facility (NUANCE Center Northwestern University), which has received support from the MRSEC program (NSF DMR-1121262) at the Materials Research Center, and the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (EEC-0118025/003), both programs of the NationalScience Foundation; the State of Illinois; and Northwestern University.The support at National Central University was received from the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (MOST).

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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