Efficient and thermally stable inverted perovskite solar cells by introduction of non-fullerene electron transporting materials

Jin Hyuck Heo, Seung Chul Lee, Su Kyo Jung, O. Pil Kwon, Sang Hyuk Im

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    Abstract

    Highly efficient and thermally stable inverted CH3NH3PbI3 (MAPbI3) and HC(NH2)2PbI3-xBrx (FAPbI3-xBrx) perovskite planar solar cells are demonstrated by using a N,N′-bis(phenylmethyl)naphthalene-1,4,5,8-tetracarboxylic diimide (NDI-PM)-based electron transporting material (ETM) instead of a conventional fullerene-based phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) ETM. The MAPbI3 and FAPbI3-xBrx devices with the NDI-PM-based ETM exhibit 18.4% and 19.6% power conversion efficiency under an illumination of 1 Sun (100 mW cm-2), respectively, which are comparable to the efficiency of PCBM ETM-based ones (18.9% and 20.0%). The improved thermal stability of NDI-based perovskite solar cells is attributed to much stronger hydrogen bonds in the NDI-PM molecular crystals than the PCBM crystals.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)20615-20622
    Number of pages8
    JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry A
    Volume5
    Issue number39
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017

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    © 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Chemistry
    • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
    • General Materials Science

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