Efficient, stable and scalable perovskite solar cells using poly(3-hexylthiophene)

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Perovskite solar cells typically comprise electron-and hole-transport materials deposited on each side of a perovskite active layer. So far, only two organic hole-transport materials have led to state-of-the-art performance in these solar cells(1): poly(triarylamine) (PTAA)(2-5) and 2,2',7,7'-tetrakis(N,N-di-p-methoxyphenylamine)-9,9'-spirobifluorene (spiro-OMeTAD)(6,7). However, these materials have several drawbacks in terms of commercialization, including high cost(8), the need for hygroscopic dopants that trigger degradation of the perovskite layer(9) and limitations in their deposition processes(10). Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) is an alternative hole-transport material with excellent optoelectronic properties(11-13), low cost(8,14) and ease of fabrication(15-18), but so far the efficiencies of perovskite solar cells using P3HT have reached only around 16 per cent(19). Here we propose a device architecture for highly efficient perovskite solar cells that use P3HT as a hole-transport material without any dopants. A thin layer of wide-bandgap halide perovskite is formed on top of the narrow-bandgap light-absorbing layer by an in situ reaction of n-hexyl trimethyl ammonium bromide on the perovskite surface. Our device has a certified power conversion efficiency of 22.7 per cent with hysteresis of +/- 0.51 per cent; exhibits good stability at 85 per cent relative humidity without encapsulation; and upon encapsulation demonstrates long-term operational stability for 1,370 hours under 1-Sun illumination at room temperature, maintaining 95 per cent of the initial efficiency. We extend our platform to large-area modules (24.97 square centimetres)-which are fabricated using a scalable bar-coating method for the deposition of P3HT-and achieve a power conversion efficiency of 16.0 per cent. Realizing the potential of P3HT as a hole-transport material by using a wide-bandgap halide could be a valuable direction for perovskite solar-cell research.
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NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
Issue Date
2019-03
Language
English
Article Type
Article
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NATURE, v.567, no.7749, pp.511 - +

ISSN
0028-0836
DOI
10.1038/s41586-019-1036-3
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http://hdl.handle.net/10203/282727
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CBE-Journal Papers(저널논문)
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