Title Branched methoxydiphenylamine-substituted carbazole derivatives for efficient perovskite solar cells: bigger is not always better /
Authors Luizys, Povilas ; Xia, Jianxing ; Daskeviciene, Maryte ; Kantminiene, Kristina ; Kasparavicius, Ernestas ; Kanda, Hiroyuki ; Zhang, Yi ; Jankauskas, Vygintas ; Rakstys, Kasparas ; Getautis, Vytautas ; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja
DOI 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c02114
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Is Part of Chemistry of materials.. Washington : American Chemical Society. 2021, vol. 33, iss. 17, p. 7017-7027.. ISSN 0897-4756. eISSN 1520-5002
Keywords [eng] layers ; molecules ; chromophores ; mobility ; aromatic compounds
Abstract [eng] A set of novel branched molecules bearing a different number of 3,6-bis(4,4′-dimethoxydiphenylamino)carbazole-based (Cz-OMeDPA) periphery arms linked together by aliphatic chains have been developed, and their performance has been tested in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Electrical and photovoltaic properties have been evaluated with respect to the number of Cz-OMeDPA moieties and the nature of the linking aliphatic chain. The isolated compounds possess sufficient thermal stability and are amorphous having high glass-transition temperatures (>120 °C) minimizing the risk of direct layer crystallization. The highest hole-drift mobility of μ0 = 3.1 × 10–5 cm2 V–1 s–1 is comparable to that of the reference standard spiro-OMeTAD (4.1 × 10–5 cm2 V–1 s–1) under identical conditions. Finally, PSCs employing two new HTMs (2Cz-OMeDPA and 3Cz-OMeDPA-OH) bearing two and three substituted carbazole chromophores, linked by an aliphatic chain, show a performance of around 20%, which is on par with devices using spiro-OMeTAD and demonstrates slightly enhanced device stability.
Published Washington : American Chemical Society
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2021
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