Polymer Hole Transport Material Functional Group Tuning for Improved Perovskite Solar Cell Performance

Hoffman, Jacob B.; Astridge, Daniel D.; Park, So Yeon; Zhang, Fei; Yang, Mengjin; Moore, David T.; Harvey, Steven P.; Zhu, Kai; Sellinger, Alan

doi:10.1021/acsaem.2c01057

Polymer Hole Transport Material Functional Group Tuning for Improved Perovskite Solar Cell Performance

Journal Article · Tue Jul 05 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · ACS Applied Energy Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c01057· OSTI ID:1877362

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Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

As lead halide perovskites (LHPs) continue to achieve success as a light-harvesting material in perovskite solar cells (PSCs), exploring and understanding other materials in the device stack become increasingly important. Particularly, selection of suitable hole transport materials (HTMs) that demonstrate high performance and stability is imperative in the design of P-I-N PSCs. Presented here are a family of 12 structurally related polymers based on either fluorene or carbazole main chains with select aromatic side groups that introduce tunable properties for use in PSCs. How properties such as the highest occupied molecular orbital energy level, conductivity, glass-transition temperature, and wettability of the HTM affect the PSC performance is explored. Devices that incorporate the polymer HTMs perform well relative to PTAA in benchmark P-I-N PSC architectures while exhibiting similar or superior stability under accelerated aging studies. The relative synthetic simplicity and resultant performance of the HTMs in PSCs coupled with the ability to customize properties with different functional groups demonstrates the potential of this family of HTMs for a variety of LHP materials.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1877362

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1896711

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5900-83260; MainId:84033; UUID:b5e01f46-a3b1-4bd0-a8e6-1f74edf3af0e; MainAdminID:64895

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Energy Materials, Journal Name: ACS Applied Energy Materials Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 5; ISSN 2574-0962

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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