The beneficial effects of mixing spiro-OMeTAD with n-butyl-substituted copper phthalocyanine for perovskite solar cells

Esmaiel Nouri, Yu Long Wang, Qian Chen, Jia Ju Xu, Vassilios Dracopoulos, Lamprini Sygellou, Zong Xiang Xu, Mohammad Reza Mohammadi, Panagiotis Lianos

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    Abstract

    Perovskite solar cells have been constructed under ambient conditions by using 2,2',7,7'-Tetrakis-(N,N-di-4-methoxyphenylamino)-9,9'-spirobifluorene (spiro-OMeTAD) mixed with a small quantity of soluble tetra-n-butyl substituted copper phthalocyanine as hole transporting material. The introduction of the phthalocyanine derivative resulted in an impressive increase of cell efficiency, which changed from 10.4% in the absence to 15.4% in the presence of phthalocyanine. This effect is related to the creation of deep traps in the hole transporting phase which block back-travelling electrons as well as to the improvement of the structural quality of the spiro-OMeTAD film in the presence of phthalocyanine. Both functionalities decrease shunt paths within the hole transporting phase resulting in increasing the fill factor and the open-circuit voltage of the cell.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1417-1423
    Number of pages7
    JournalElectrochimica Acta
    Volume222
    Early online date21 Nov 2016
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 20 Dec 2016

    Keywords

    • hole transporting material
    • Perovskite solar cells
    • soluble copper phthalocyanine
    • spiro-OMeTAD

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Chemical Engineering
    • Electrochemistry

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