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Title: A Low-Temperature, Solution-Processable Organic Electron-Transporting Layer Based on Planar Coronene for High-performance Conventional Perovskite Solar Cells

Abstract

A low-temperature, solution-processable organic electron-transporting material (ETM) is successfully developed for efficient conventional n-i-p perovskite solar cells (PVSCs). This ETM can show a high efficiency over 17% on rigid device and 14.2% on flexible PVSC. Lastly, to the best of our knowledge, this efficiency is among the highest values reported for flexible n-i-p PVSCs with negligible hysteresis thus far.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [3];  [1];  [3];  [4];  [5]
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  1. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
  2. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China). Dept. of Polymer Science and Engineering
  3. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Dept of Chemistry
  4. Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China). Dept. of Polymer Science and Engineering
  5. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China). Dept. of Polymer Science and Engineering; Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). Dept of Chemistry
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Research Org.:
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR); Asian Office of Aerospace R&D; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
OSTI Identifier:
1343579
Report Number(s):
DOE-UW-Jen-13
Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648
Grant/Contract Number:  
EE0006710; DMR-1608279; N00014-14-1-0246; FA2386-15-1-4106; 51473142; 201506320140
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Advanced Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 28; Journal Issue: 48; Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; coronene diimide; electron-transporting materials; flexible; perovskite solar cells

Citation Formats

Zhu, Zonglong, Xu, Jing-Qi, Chueh, Chu-Chen, Liu, Hongbin, Li, Zhong'an, Li, Xiaosong, Chen, Hongzheng, and Jen, Alex K. -Y. A Low-Temperature, Solution-Processable Organic Electron-Transporting Layer Based on Planar Coronene for High-performance Conventional Perovskite Solar Cells. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1002/adma.201601745.
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Zhu, Zonglong, Xu, Jing-Qi, Chueh, Chu-Chen, Liu, Hongbin, Li, Zhong'an, Li, Xiaosong, Chen, Hongzheng, & Jen, Alex K. -Y. A Low-Temperature, Solution-Processable Organic Electron-Transporting Layer Based on Planar Coronene for High-performance Conventional Perovskite Solar Cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201601745
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Zhu, Zonglong, Xu, Jing-Qi, Chueh, Chu-Chen, Liu, Hongbin, Li, Zhong'an, Li, Xiaosong, Chen, Hongzheng, and Jen, Alex K. -Y. Wed . "A Low-Temperature, Solution-Processable Organic Electron-Transporting Layer Based on Planar Coronene for High-performance Conventional Perovskite Solar Cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201601745. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1343579.
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@article{osti_1343579,
title = {A Low-Temperature, Solution-Processable Organic Electron-Transporting Layer Based on Planar Coronene for High-performance Conventional Perovskite Solar Cells},
author = {Zhu, Zonglong and Xu, Jing-Qi and Chueh, Chu-Chen and Liu, Hongbin and Li, Zhong'an and Li, Xiaosong and Chen, Hongzheng and Jen, Alex K. -Y.},
abstractNote = {A low-temperature, solution-processable organic electron-transporting material (ETM) is successfully developed for efficient conventional n-i-p perovskite solar cells (PVSCs). This ETM can show a high efficiency over 17% on rigid device and 14.2% on flexible PVSC. Lastly, to the best of our knowledge, this efficiency is among the highest values reported for flexible n-i-p PVSCs with negligible hysteresis thus far.},
doi = {10.1002/adma.201601745},
journal = {Advanced Materials},
number = 48,
volume = 28,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Wed Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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