Efficient Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells with Low Voltage Loss Achieved by a Pyridine‐Based Dopant‐Free Polymer Semiconductor
- 28 December 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Angewandte Chemie
- Vol. 60 (13), 7227-7233
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202016085
Abstract
Currently, the further performance improvement for inverted perovskite solar cells (PVSCs) is mainly limited by the high open circuit voltage ( V OC ) loss caused by the detrimental non‐radiative recombination (NRR) processes. Herein, we report a simple and efficient way to simultaneously reduce the NRR processes inside perovskite and at the interface by rationally designing a new pyridine‐based polymer hole transporting material (HTM), i. e. PPY2 , which exhibits suitable energy levels with perovskites, high hole mobility, effective passivation of the uncoordinated Pb 2+ and iodide defects, as well as the capability of promoting the formation of high quality polycrystalline perovskite film. In absence of any dopants, the inverted PVSCs using PPY2 as the HTM deliver an encouraging PCE up to 22.41% with a small V OC loss (0.40 eV), among the best device performance for inverted PVSCs reported so far. Furthermore, PPY2 ‐based unencapsulated devices show an excellent long‐term photostability, and over 97% of its initial PCE can be maintained after one sun constant illumination for 500 h.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (21975085, 51873160)
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2019A1515010761)
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research (FA9550-18-1-0046)
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