Facile thiol-ene thermal crosslinking reaction facilitated hole-transporting layer for highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

Li, Zhong'an; Zhu, Zonglong; Chueh, Chu -Chen; Luo, Jingdong; Jen, Alex K. -Y.

doi:10.1002/aenm.201601165

Title: Facile thiol-ene thermal crosslinking reaction facilitated hole-transporting layer for highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

Journal Article · Mon Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Advanced Energy Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201601165· OSTI ID:1343587

Li, Zhong'an ^[1]; Zhu, Zonglong ^[1]; Chueh, Chu -Chen ^[1]; Luo, Jingdong ^[1]; Jen, Alex K. -Y. ^[1]

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)

A crosslinked organic hole-transporting layer (HTL) is developed to realize highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells via a facile thiol-ene thermal reaction. This crosslinked HTL not only facilitates hole extraction from perovskites, but also functions as an effective protective barrier. Lastly, a high-performance (power conversion efficiency: 18.3%) device is demonstrated to show respectable photo and thermal stability without encapsulation.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Contributing Organization:: Z.L. and Z.Z. contributed equally to this work. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (DMR-1608279), the Office of Naval Research (N00014-14-1-0246), the Asian Office of Aerospace R&D (FA2386-15-1-4106), and the Department of Energy SunShot (DE-EE0006710). A.K.-Y.J. thanks the Boeing-Johnson Foundation for financial support.

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0006710

OSTI ID:: 1343587

Report Number(s):: DOE-UW-Jen-21

Journal Information:: Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 6, Issue 21; ISSN 1614-6832

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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