Open AccessNonspiro, Fluorene‐Based, Amorphous Hole Transporting Materials for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells
Author(s) -
Daškevičiū tė Šarūnė,
Sakai Nobuya,
Franckevičius Marius,
Daškevičienė Marytė,
Magomedov Artiom,
Jankauskas Vygintas,
Snaith Henry J.,
Getautis Vytautas
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.388
H-Index - 100
ISSN - 2198-3844
DOI - 10.1002/advs.201700811
Subject(s) - fluorene , materials science , amorphous solid , thermal stability , perovskite (structure) , energy conversion efficiency , solubility , planar , chemical engineering , glass transition , relative humidity , humidity , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , polymer , composite material , chemistry , crystallography , organic chemistry , meteorology , computer science , computer graphics (images) , physics , engineering
Novel nonspiro, fluorene‐based, small‐molecule hole transporting materials (HTMs) V1050 and V1061 are designed and synthesized using a facile three‐step synthetic route. The synthesized compounds exhibit amorphous nature with a high glass transition temperature, a good solubility, and decent thermal stability. The planar perovskite solar cells (PSCs) employing V1050 generated an excellent power conversion efficiency of 18.3%, which is comparable to 18.9% obtained with the state‐of‐the‐art Spiro‐OMeTAD. Importantly, the devices based on V1050 and V1061 show better stability compared to devices based on Spiro‐OMeTAD when aged without any encapsulation under uncontrolled humidity conditions (relative humidity around 60%) in the dark and under continuous full sun illumination.