Pushing up the efficiency of planar perovskite solar cells to 18.2% with organic small molecules as the electron transport layer

Gu, Pei-Yang; Wang, Ning; Wang, Chengyuan; Zhou, Yecheng; Long, Guankui; Tian, Miaomiao; Chen, Wangqiao; Sun, Xiao Wei; Kanatzidis, Mercouri G.; Zhang, Qichun

doi:10.1039/c7ta01764b

Title: Pushing up the efficiency of planar perovskite solar cells to 18.2% with organic small molecules as the electron transport layer

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Journal of Materials Chemistry. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta01764b· OSTI ID:1470359

Gu, Pei-Yang ^[1]; Wang, Ning ^[2]; Wang, Chengyuan ^[1]; Zhou, Yecheng ^[3]; Long, Guankui ^[1]; Tian, Miaomiao ^[1]; Chen, Wangqiao ^[1]; Sun, Xiao Wei ^[4]; Kanatzidis, Mercouri G. ^[5];

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School of Materials Science and Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 639798
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 639798
School of Chemistry; The University of Melbourne; Parkville; Australia
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering; College of Engineering; South University of Science and Technology of China; Shenzhen 518055; P.R.China
Department of Chemistry; Northwestern University; Evanston; USA
School of Materials Science and Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 639798; Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry; School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

We demonstrate metal-oxide-free solution-processed inverted PSCs using sulfur-containing azaaceneTDTPas the ETL with a PCE of ~18.2%.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center (ANSER)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0001059

OSTI ID:: 1470359

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, Vol. 5, Issue 16; Related Information: ANSER partners with Northwestern University (lead); Argonne National Laboratory; University of Chicago; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yale University; ISSN 2050-7488

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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