Nanographene Coupled with Interfacial Pyrene Derivatives for Thermally Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Kim, Seul-Gi; de Monfreid, Thybault; Kim, Jeong-Hyeon; Goubard, Fabrice; Berry, Joseph J.; Zhu, Kai; Bui, Thanh-Tuân; Park, Nam-Gyu

doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00262

Nanographene Coupled with Interfacial Pyrene Derivatives for Thermally Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Journal Article · Mon Apr 17 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · ACS Energy Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00262· OSTI ID:1973689

Kim, Seul-Gi ^[1]; de Monfreid, Thybault ^[2]; Kim, Jeong-Hyeon ^[3]; Goubard, Fabrice ^[2]; Berry, Joseph J. ^[4]; ^[5]; Bui, Thanh-Tuân ^[2]; ^[6]

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States). Chemistry and Nanoscience Center; Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon (Republic of Korea)
CY Cergy Paris University, Cergy (France)
Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon (Republic of Korea)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon (Republic of Korea); Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon (Republic of Korea). SKKU Institute of Energy Science and Technology (SIEST)

Although high-efficiency perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have been achieved using a hole-extracting material, spiro-MeOTAD, thermal stability has been unattainable due to the low glass transition temperature of spiro-MeOTAD and additives therein. In this paper we report on the use of nanographene-based hole-transporting materials coupled with a pyrene derivative as an interface modifier for thermally stable and high efficiency PSCs. Asymmetric methyl and methoxy groups are introduced in the diphenylamino group that is attached to the hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene (HBC) nanographene core, coded HBC-DPAMeOMe. 1-Pyrenemethylammonium iodide is coupled to enhance the chemical interaction between perovskite and HBC-DPAMeOMe, which leads to a power conversion efficiency over 23%. A thermal stability test at 85 degrees C for 1000 h reveals that 83.6% of the initial efficiency (23.04% --> 19.25%) is maintained for the device with HBC-DPAMeOMe, while a significant degradation from 20.69% to 5.08% is observed for the device with spiro-MeOTAD. Nanographene-based hole conductors shed light on the thermal stability issue in PSCs.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: French National Research Agency (ANR); Hubert Curien Partnership; Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology; National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1973689

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA--5900-86255; MainId:87028; UUID:f364bbaa-fbb0-4701-a930-28f8fb61f4f9; MainAdminID:69488

Journal Information:: ACS Energy Letters, Journal Name: ACS Energy Letters Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 8; ISSN 2380-8195

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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