Issue 4, 2020

Dopant-free F-substituted benzodithiophene copolymer hole-transporting materials for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

Abstract

Polymeric hole-transporting materials (HTMs) with low production cost and versatile wet processing procedures are important for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells. In this study, three F-substituted benzodithiophene copolymers were introduced in perovskite solar cells as dopant-free efficient HTMs. Among them, perovskite solar cells based on dopant-free PBDT[2F]T achieved a comparable power conversion efficiency (PCE) (17.52%) to that of the well-known p-type doped spiro-OMeTAD (∼20.2%). More importantly, the solar cells with pristine PBDT[2F]T HTMs presented impressive stability in contrast to that with doped spiro-OMeTAD as the HTM in ambient atmosphere and even in high humidity. The detailed study showed that the dopant-free PBDT[2F]T HTM presents exceptional ability to extract holes from the perovskite layer, and simultaneously the capability to reduce trap-assisted recombination at the interface of perovskite/PBDT[2F]T. These findings pave the way for the development of dopant-free polymeric HTMs for the fabrication of cost-effective and stable perovskite solar cells.

Graphical abstract: Dopant-free F-substituted benzodithiophene copolymer hole-transporting materials for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 Oct 2019
Accepted
13 Dec 2019
First published
17 Dec 2019

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020,8, 1858-1864

Dopant-free F-substituted benzodithiophene copolymer hole-transporting materials for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

X. Kong, Y. Jiang, X. Wu, C. Chen, J. Guo, S. Liu, X. Gao, G. Zhou, J. Liu, K. Kempa and J. Gao, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 1858 DOI: 10.1039/C9TA11744J

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