Incorporation of Self‐Assembled Monolayer with Polyaniline Backbone as Hole‐Transporting Layer for Organic Solar Cells
Macromolecular Rapid Communications,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 3, 2025
Abstract
In
addition
to
the
heterojunction
layer,
interfacial
layers
also
determine
performance
of
organic
solar
cells
(OSCs)
owing
their
great
role
in
promoting
charge
extraction.
Herein,
study
explores
use
rarely
reported
polyaniline
(PANI)‐derived
polymers
as
self‐assembled
hole‐transporting
layer
(HTL)
OSCs.
It
is
observed
that
tailoring
either
spacer
groups
or
polymerization
sites
can
greatly
affect
material
aggregation
and
thus
OSC
performance.
Specifically,
polymer
with
phenyl
(36‐Ph‐PANI)
largely
outperforms
alkyl
linkers,
which
ascribed
enhanced
aspect
ratio
dipole
moment
former
molecule
contributes
substrate
coverage
hole
Moreover,
linking
PANI
carbazole
at
2,7‐sites
much
inferior
than
3,6‐positions,
attributing
higher
mobility
latter
induced
by
formation
radical
cation.
The
combined
merits
36‐Ph‐PANI,
including
high
transmittance,
appropriate
doping,
efficient
extraction,
enable
a
decent
efficiency
15.08%
This
work
provides
subtle
strategy
for
developing
self‐assemble
into
monolayers,
paving
way
more
stable
Language: Английский
6-(4-Pyridyl)Azulene Derivatives as Hole Transport Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells
Materials,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
18(7), P. 1400 - 1400
Published: March 21, 2025
Azulene
has
been
attracting
much
attention
as
a
charge
transfer
material
in
organic
electronics
due
to
its
inherent
large
dipole
moment
and
small
band
gap,
but
application
perovskite
solar
cells
(PSCs)
is
very
limited.
Herein,
azulene
was
applied
the
core
acceptor
for
hole
transport
materials
(HTMs),
two
molecules
named
Azu-Py-DF
Azu-Py-OMeTPA
were
designed
synthesized,
which
4-pyridyl
introduced
on
6-position
of
1,3-substituted
adjust
energy
levels.
The
different
spatial
orientations
pyridine
improve
solubility
reduce
crystallinity
material,
conducive
creating
thin
film
morphology.
exhibited
good
electron
mobility
compared
with
standard
Spiro-OMeTAD.
Applied
an
HTM
PSCs,
Azu-Py-OMeTPA-based
device
achieved
power
conversion
efficiency
(PCE)
18.10%,
higher
than
that
unsubstituted
counterpart.
Nevertheless,
anticipated
passivation
effect
group
diminished
electron-deficient
nature
azulene’s
seven-membered
ring.
These
results
demonstrate
optimizing
structure
azulene-based
HTMs
can
significantly
alter
molecular
structure,
formation
properties,
delocalization
characteristics
transport,
lead
improved
performance,
providing
insights
future
design
novel
HTMs.
Language: Английский
Optimized surface passivation via para-carbonylated polymers for durable MAPbl3 perovskite solar cells
Jiali Kang,
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Zhaolong Ma,
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Fei Su
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et al.
Sustainable Energy & Fuels,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
A
para
-carbonylated
polymer
is
employed
to
fabricate
efficient
and
durable
perovskite
solar
cells.
Language: Английский
Multifunctional Hole Transport Strategy for Highly Efficient and Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 8, 2025
Self-assembled
monolayer
(SAM)-based
inverted
perovskite
solar
cells
(PSCs)
have
exhibited
excellent
performance
in
efficiency,
while
the
stability
and
reproducibility
of
PSCs
still
need
to
be
improved.
In
this
work,
we
present
a
multifunctional
hole
transport
approach
for
PSCs,
where
NiOX,
SAM
((E)-3-(4-(bis(4-methoxyphenyl)amino)phenyl)acrylic
acid,
abbreviated
as
MPTCA)
wetting
agent
(2-phenylethylamine
hydroiodide,
known
PEAI)
are
employed
hole-transport
materials
(HTMs).
This
NiOX/MPTCA/PEAI
composite
layer
is
uniform
has
good
properties,
which
enables
formation
high-quality
film,
effectively
minimizing
defects
that
typically
occur
at
buried
interface.
An
outstanding
champion
efficiency
24.74%
was
obtained
devices,
followed
by
enhanced
with
an
average
power
conversion
(PCE)
24.13
±
0.26%,
notably
higher
than
(22.73
0.62%)
pristine
MPTCA-based
PSCs.
More
importantly,
composited
HTL-based
devices
without
encapsulation
demonstrated
remarkable
stability,
decrease
less
10%
initial
after
500
h
continuous
light
soaking.
Language: Английский