Hole Transport Materials Based on 6,12‐Dihydroindeno[1,2‐b]fluorine with Different Periphery Groups: A New Strategy for Dopant‐Free Perovskite Solar Cells

• Published in: Advanced functional materials 2019-06, Vol.29 (24), p.n/a
• Main Authors: Liu, Fan, Wu, Fei, Tu, Zongxiao, Liao, Qiuyan, Gong, Yanbin, Zhu, Linna, Li, Qianqian, Li, Zhen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: device stability; molecular arrangement; perovskite solar cells; planar and twisted unit
• ISSN: 1616-301X; 1616-3028
• DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201901296

Although several hole‐transporting materials (HTMs) have been designed to obtain perovskite solar cells (PSCs) devices with high performance, the dopant‐free HTMs for efficient and stable PSCs remain rare. Herein, a rigid planar 6,12‐dihydroindeno[1,2‐b]fluorine (IDF) core with different numbers of bulky periphery groups to construct dopant‐free HTMs of IDF‐SFXPh, IDF‐DiDPA, and IDF‐TeDPA is modified. Thanks to the contributions of the planar IDF core and the twisted SFX periphery groups, the dopant‐free IDF‐SFXPh‐based PSCs device achieves a device performance of 17.6%, comparable to the doped 2,2′,7,7′‐tetrakis(N,N‐di‐p‐methoxyphenylamine)‐9,9′‐spirobifluorene (spiro‐OMeTAD)‐based device (17.6%), with much enhanced device stability under glovebox and ambient conditions. The different aggregation forms of hole‐transporting materials (HTMs) affect intermolecular charge transfer and hole transporting in achieving highly efficient dopant‐free perovskite solar cells. The combination of twisted periphery groups with planar core units shows an efficient approach to regulate the state of molecular aggregation after a systematical investigation of 6,12‐dihydroindeno[1,2‐b]fluorine (IDF)‐HTMs with the same IDF core and the different periphery groups.