Metallated Macrocyclic Derivatives as a Hole – Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells

Autor: Nanaji Islavath, Koteshwar Devulapally, Govind Reddy, Lingamallu Giribabu
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: The Chemical Record. 19:2157-2177
ISSN: 1528-0691
1527-8999
DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201800171
Popis: Spiro-OMeTAD is widely used as thehole-transporting material (HTM) in perovskite solar cells (PSC), which extracts positive charges and protects the perovskite materials from metal electrode, setting a new world-record efficiency of more than 20 %. Spiro-OMeTAD layer engross moisture leading to the degradation of perovskite, and therefore, has poor air stability. It is also expensive therefore limiting scale-up, so macrocyclic metal complex derivatives (MMDs) could be a suitable replacement. Our review covers low-cost, high yield hydrophobic materials with minimal steps required for synthesis of efficient HTMs for planar/mesostructured PSCs. The MMDs based devices demonstrated PCEs around 19 % and showed stability for a longer duration, indicating that MMDs are a promising alternative to spiro-OMeTAD and also easy to scale-up via solution approach. Additionally, this review describes how optical and electrical properties of MMDs change with chemical structure, allowing for the design of novel hole-mobility materials to achieve negligible hysteresis and act as effective functional barriers against moisture which results in a significant increase in the stability of the device. We provide an overview of the apt green-synthesis, characterization, stability and implementation of the various classes of macrocyclic metal complex derivatives as HTM for photovoltaic applications.
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