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Tetrasubstituted Thieno[3,2‑b]thiophenes as Hole-Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells

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posted on 2019-12-13, 19:19 authored by Javier Urieta-Mora, Inés García-Benito, Iwan Zimmermann, Juan Aragó, Agustín Molina-Ontoria, Enrique Ortí, Nazario Martín, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
Three hole-transporting materials (HTMs) were prepared following a straightforward synthetic route by cross-linking arylamine-based ligands with a simple thieno­[3,2-b]­thiophene (TbT) core. The novel HTMs were fully characterized with standard techniques to gain insight into their optical and electrochemical properties and were incorporated in solution-processed mesoporous (FAPbI3)0.85(MAPbBr3)0.15 perovskite-based solar cells. The similar molecular structure of the synthesized HTMs was leveraged to investigate the role that the bridging units between the conjugated TbT core and the peripheral arylamine units plays on their properties and thereby on the photovoltaic response. A remarkable power conversion efficiency exceeding 18% was achieved for one of the TbT derivatives, which was slightly higher than the value measured for the benchmark spiro-OMeTAD.

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