{"title":"A Novel Self-Assembled Hole-Transporting Monolayer with Extending Conjugation for Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells","authors":"Qian Wang, Botong Li, Hanqin Yang, Zongxu Na, Yijin Wei, Xuepeng Liu, Mingyuan Han, Xianfu Zhang, Weilun Du, Ghadari Rahim, Yong Ding, Zhipeng Shao, Huai Yang, Songyuan Dai","doi":"10.1002/smll.202500296","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The application of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) as hole-transporting materials has greatly improved the performance of inverted perovskite solar cells. Structure engineering of SAMs has proven to be an effective approach to enhance device performance. In this work, a novel SAM featuring extended conjugation is designed and synthesized, designated E-CbzBT. Compared with CbzBT, E-CbzBT exhibits enhanced asymmetric and noncoplanar screw-shaped configuration, leading to uniform and tight packing on ITO. The uniform packing of E-CbzBT increases the wettability of the perovskite precursor solution on the substrate, thereby facilitating perovskite crystallinity and suppressing interfacial trap density more effectively than CbzBT. Accordingly, inverted PSCs employing E-CbzBT reach a champion power conversion efficiency of 25.15%, surpassing 24.06% for CbzBT-based devices. Importantly, the E-CbzBT-based PSCs demonstrate superior ambient and thermal stability. The extending conjugation approach in SAMs represents a promising avenue for further advancements in perovskite solar cell technology.","PeriodicalId":228,"journal":{"name":"Small","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Small","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202500296","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The application of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) as hole-transporting materials has greatly improved the performance of inverted perovskite solar cells. Structure engineering of SAMs has proven to be an effective approach to enhance device performance. In this work, a novel SAM featuring extended conjugation is designed and synthesized, designated E-CbzBT. Compared with CbzBT, E-CbzBT exhibits enhanced asymmetric and noncoplanar screw-shaped configuration, leading to uniform and tight packing on ITO. The uniform packing of E-CbzBT increases the wettability of the perovskite precursor solution on the substrate, thereby facilitating perovskite crystallinity and suppressing interfacial trap density more effectively than CbzBT. Accordingly, inverted PSCs employing E-CbzBT reach a champion power conversion efficiency of 25.15%, surpassing 24.06% for CbzBT-based devices. Importantly, the E-CbzBT-based PSCs demonstrate superior ambient and thermal stability. The extending conjugation approach in SAMs represents a promising avenue for further advancements in perovskite solar cell technology.
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