High‐Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cell Based on Poly(3‐Hexylthiophene): Influence of Molecular Weight and Mesoscopic Scaffold Layer

Here, we investigated the effect of the molecular weight (MW) of poly 3‐hexylthiophene (P3HT) hole‐transport material on the performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). We found that by increasing the MW the photovoltaic performances of the cells are enhanced leading to an improvement of the overa...

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Published in:ChemSusChem 2017-10, Vol.10 (19), p.3854-3860
Main Authors: Nia, Narges Yaghoobi, Matteocci, Fabio, Cina, Lucio, Di Carlo, Aldo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Calcium Compounds - chemistry
Chemical reactions
Devices
Efficiency
Electric Power Supplies
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
Electrochemistry
Electromagnetic absorption
halides
hole-transport material
Molecular Weight
Oxides - chemistry
perovskite solar cells
Photovoltaic cells
poly(3-hexylthiophene)
Recombination reactions
Solar cells
Solar Energy
Thickness
Thiophenes - chemistry
Titanium - chemistry
Titanium oxides
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Summary:Here, we investigated the effect of the molecular weight (MW) of poly 3‐hexylthiophene (P3HT) hole‐transport material on the performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). We found that by increasing the MW the photovoltaic performances of the cells are enhanced leading to an improvement of the overall efficiency. P3HT‐based PSCs with a MW of 124 kDa can achieve an overall average efficiency of 16.2 %, double with respect to the ones with a MW of 44 kDa. Opposite to spiro‐OMeTAD‐based PSCs, the photovoltaic parameters of the P3HT‐based devices are enhanced by increasing the mesoporous TiO2 layer thickness from 250 to 500 nm. Moreover, for a titania scaffold layer thickness of 500 nm, the efficiency of P3HT‐based PSCs with high MW is larger than the spiro‐OMeTAD based PSCs with the same scaffold layer thickness. Recombination reactions of the devices were also investigated by voltage decay and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. We found that the relationship between P3HT MW and cell performance is related to the reduction of charge recombination and to the increase of the P3HT light absorption by increasing the MW. Molecular weight matters! High efficiency perovskite solar cells fabricated in ambient conditions by controlling of mesoporous (mp)‐TiO2 thickness and investigation of poly(3‐hexylthiophene) (P3HT) molecular weight (MW) as hole‐transport layer. The best efficiencies are achieved for a MW of 124 kDa and for a thickness of mp‐TiO2 of 500 nm. Efficiency enhancement is mainly related to the increase of Jsc and FF as P3HT MW increases.
ISSN:1864-5631
1864-564X
DOI:10.1002/cssc.201700635