Perovskite Solar Cells with 12.8% Efficiency by Using Conjugated Quinolizino Acridine Based Hole Transporting Material

• Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 136; no. 24; pp. 8516 - 8519
• Main Authors: Qin, Peng, Paek, Sanghyun, Dar, M. Ibrahim, Pellet, Norman, Ko, Jaejung, Grätzel, Michael, Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 18.06.2014
• ISSN: 0002-7863; 1520-5126
• DOI: 10.1021/ja503272q

A low band gap quinolizino acridine based molecule was designed and synthesized as new hole transporting material for organic–inorganic hybrid lead halide perovskite solar cells. The functionalized quinolizino acridine compound showed an effective hole mobility in the same range of the state-of-the-art spiro-MeOTAD and an appropriate oxidation potential of 5.23 eV vs the vacuum level. The device based on this new hole transporting material achieved high power conversion efficiency of 12.8% under the illumination of 98.8 mW cm–2, which was better than the well-known spiro-MeOTAD under the same conditions. Moreover, this molecule could work alone without any additives, thus making it to be a promising candidate for solid-state photovoltaic application.