Enhancing Photovoltaic Performance of Aromatic Ammonium-based Two-Dimensional Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Perovskites via Tuning CH···π Interaction

Yan, Liang; Hu, Jun; Zhou, Ninghao; Moran, Andrew M.; You, Wei

doi:10.1002/solr.201900374

Enhancing Photovoltaic Performance of Aromatic Ammonium-based Two-Dimensional Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Perovskites via Tuning CH···π Interaction

Journal Article · Thu Oct 17 00:00:00 UTC 2019 · Solar RRL

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.201900374· OSTI ID:1767539

^[1]; ^[2]; Zhou, Ninghao ^[2]; Moran, Andrew M. ^[2]; ^[2]

Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States); OSTI
Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States)

Phenethylammonium (PEA)-based 2D perovskite is an interesting example of 2D perovskites, serving as the gateway for further introduction of functional conjugated organic cations into 2D perovskites for a variety of applications, for example, photovoltaics. However, the efficiency of photovoltaic devices based on PEA 2D perovskites only achieved ≈7% for = 3, which was significantly lower than that achieved for other cation-based 2D perovskites. In this work, by introducing propyl ammonium (C3A) into the PEA-based 2D perovskites, the device efficiency is improved to ≈10% for 1:1 C3A:PEA-based 2D perovskites ( = 3). Further investigation reveals that tuning the CH···π interaction (between C3A and PEA or between two PEA molecules) can have multiple beneficial impacts on such modified 2D perovskites, including a) removal of undesirable n = 1 phase, b) lowering the density of trap states, and c) achieving larger crystalline grains. Additionally, after substitution with 50% C3A, other aromatic ammonium cation-based 2D perovskites ( = 3) also show similar efficiency enhancement in their photovoltaic devices, thus exhibiting the general applicability of this method. The results of this study highlight that the strategic tuning of non-covalent interactions (such as CH···π interaction) is a viable and important method to further develop 2D perovskites for photovoltaics.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Semiconductors for Energy (CHOISE)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1767539

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1572574

Journal Information:: Solar RRL, Journal Name: Solar RRL Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 4; ISSN 2367-198X

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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