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Effect of steric hindrance and number of substituents on the transfer and interface properties of Y-shaped hole-transporting materials for perovskite solar cells
Alkyl sulfoxide groups were introduced into the branch chain terminals of a hole-transporting material (HTM) Z34 with different numbers and positions to design four new Y-shaped HTMs: ZT1 , ZT2 , ZT3 and ZT4 . The effects of steric hindrance and number of substituents on the transfer and interface p...
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Published in: | Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP 2023-09, Vol.25 (37), p.2585-25861 |
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Summary: | Alkyl sulfoxide groups were introduced into the branch chain terminals of a hole-transporting material (HTM)
Z34
with different numbers and positions to design four new Y-shaped HTMs:
ZT1
,
ZT2
,
ZT3
and
ZT4
. The effects of steric hindrance and number of substituents on the transfer and interface properties of the Y-shaped HTMs were investigated theoretically. Calculations reveal that the introduction of alkyl sulfoxide increases the distribution of intramolecular holes and orbital overlap between the HOMOs of the dimers. The electronic coupling was greatly improved owing to the increased distribution of holes and orbital overlap.
ZT1
shows small steric hindrance when one alkyl sulfoxide is introduced into the top branch chain, which leads to translation π-π stacking.
ZT2
and
ZT4
show slightly greater steric hindrance when two or four alkyl sulfoxide groups are introduced into the side branch chains, which leads to face-to-face stacking. While
ZT3
shows large steric hindrance when three alkyl sulfoxide groups are introduced into the top and side branch chains, which causes head-to-head stacking. With the increase in number of alkyl sulfoxide groups, the steric hindrance of the molecule increases and the hole mobility decreases.
ZT1
achieves the highest hole mobility (2.63 × 10
−2
m
2
V
−1
s
−1
) that is two orders of magnitude higher than that of
Z34
(1.36 × 10
−4
m
2
V
−1
s
−1
) owing to the optimal balance between the number of alkyl sulfoxide groups and steric hindrance. The HTM/CH
3
NH
3
PbI
3
adsorbed system was also simulated to characterize the interface properties. Enhanced interface interaction was achieved in the HTM/perovskite systems of
ZT2
and
ZT3
. The orbital distribution of the HTM/perovskite cluster indicates that the new HTMs can promote hole migration and prevent internal electron-hole recombination. The present work not only evaluates the reliable relationship between the structure and properties of new HTMs, but also provides a valuable design strategy for efficient Y-shaped HTMs.
Four Y-shaped HTMs are designed by introducing alkyl sulphoxide groups. The hole mobility is decreased as the increase of steric hindrance. These new HTMs can promote hole migration due to enhanced interface interaction of HTM/perovskite system. |
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ISSN: | 1463-9076 1463-9084 |
DOI: | 10.1039/d3cp03322h |