Sulfur-fused perylene diimide electron transport layers allow &gt;400 h operational lifetime of methylammonium lead iodide photovoltaics

Nakayama, Hidenori; Zheng, Yonghao; Schneider, Julia A.; Wang, Hengbin; Ninomiya, Naoya; Momose, Tatsuya; Read de Alaniz, Javier; Wudl, Fred; Chabinyc, Michael L.

doi:10.1039/c9tc03877a

Sulfur-fused perylene diimide electron transport layers allow >400 h operational lifetime of methylammonium lead iodide photovoltaics

Journal Article · 01 January 2019 · Journal of Materials Chemistry C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c9tc03877a· OSTI ID:1611839

^[1]; ^[2]; ^[3]; Wang, Hengbin ^[4]; Ninomiya, Naoya ^[5]; Momose, Tatsuya ^[5]; ^[3]; Wudl, Fred ^[3]; ^[6]

Electronics Materials and New Energy Laboratory; Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation; Yokohama 227-8502; Japan; Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials
Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials; University of California; Santa Barbara; USA; School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering
Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials; University of California; Santa Barbara; USA; Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials; University of California; Santa Barbara; USA
Electronics Materials and New Energy Laboratory; Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation; Yokohama 227-8502; Japan
Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials; University of California; Santa Barbara; USA; Materials Department

The lifetime of hybrid organic perovskite solar cells under 1 sun illumination can be extended using electron transport layers made with fused perylene diimide acceptors with disulfide moieties.

Research Organization:: Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0012541

OSTI ID:: 1611839

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 7, Issue 36; ISSN 2050-7526

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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