Pushing up the efficiency of planar perovskite solar cells to 18.2% with organic small molecules as the electron transport layer
Abstract
We demonstrate metal-oxide-free solution-processed inverted PSCs using sulfur-containing azaaceneTDTPas the ETL with a PCE of ~18.2%.
- Authors:
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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
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center (ANSER)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1470359
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0001059
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Materials Chemistry. A
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 16; Related Information: ANSER partners with Northwestern University (lead); Argonne National Laboratory; University of Chicago; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yale University; Journal ID: ISSN 2050-7488
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- catalysis (homogeneous), catalysis (heterogeneous), solar (photovoltaic), solar (fuels), photosynthesis (natural and artificial), bio-inspired, hydrogen and fuel cells, electrodes - solar, defects, charge transport, spin dynamics, membrane, materials and chemistry by design, optics, synthesis (novel materials), synthesis (self-assembly)
Citation Formats
Gu, Pei-Yang, Wang, Ning, Wang, Chengyuan, Zhou, Yecheng, Long, Guankui, Tian, Miaomiao, Chen, Wangqiao, Sun, Xiao Wei, Kanatzidis, Mercouri G., and Zhang, Qichun. Pushing up the efficiency of planar perovskite solar cells to 18.2% with organic small molecules as the electron transport layer. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1039/c7ta01764b.
Gu, Pei-Yang, Wang, Ning, Wang, Chengyuan, Zhou, Yecheng, Long, Guankui, Tian, Miaomiao, Chen, Wangqiao, Sun, Xiao Wei, Kanatzidis, Mercouri G., & Zhang, Qichun. Pushing up the efficiency of planar perovskite solar cells to 18.2% with organic small molecules as the electron transport layer. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta01764b
Gu, Pei-Yang, Wang, Ning, Wang, Chengyuan, Zhou, Yecheng, Long, Guankui, Tian, Miaomiao, Chen, Wangqiao, Sun, Xiao Wei, Kanatzidis, Mercouri G., and Zhang, Qichun. 2017.
"Pushing up the efficiency of planar perovskite solar cells to 18.2% with organic small molecules as the electron transport layer". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta01764b.
@article{osti_1470359,
title = {Pushing up the efficiency of planar perovskite solar cells to 18.2% with organic small molecules as the electron transport layer},
author = {Gu, Pei-Yang and Wang, Ning and Wang, Chengyuan and Zhou, Yecheng and Long, Guankui and Tian, Miaomiao and Chen, Wangqiao and Sun, Xiao Wei and Kanatzidis, Mercouri G. and Zhang, Qichun},
abstractNote = {We demonstrate metal-oxide-free solution-processed inverted PSCs using sulfur-containing azaaceneTDTPas the ETL with a PCE of ~18.2%.},
doi = {10.1039/c7ta01764b},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1470359},
journal = {Journal of Materials Chemistry. A},
issn = {2050-7488},
number = 16,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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