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Enhancement of Hole Extraction Efficiency of Dibenzothiophenes by Substitution Engineering: Toward Additive-Free Perovskite Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiency Exceeding 20%

Ranush Durgaryan,

Ranush Durgaryan

Departament of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, LT51423 Kaunas, Lithuania

Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Physical Chemistry, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden

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Jurate Simokaitiene,

Jurate Simokaitiene

Departament of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, LT51423 Kaunas, Lithuania

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Dmytro Volyniuk,

Dmytro Volyniuk

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Departament of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, LT51423 Kaunas, Lithuania

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Oleksandr Bezvikonnyi,

Oleksandr Bezvikonnyi

Departament of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, LT51423 Kaunas, Lithuania

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Yan Danyliv,

Yan Danyliv

Departament of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, LT51423 Kaunas, Lithuania

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Byeong Jo Kim,

Byeong Jo Kim

Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Physical Chemistry, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden

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Kai Lin Woon,

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Kai Lin Woon

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Laboratoire de Physicochimie des Polymères et des Interfaces, EA 2528, CY Cergy Paris Université, 95031 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex, France

Low Dimensional Materials Research Centre, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603 Malaysia

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Gjergji Sini,

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Gjergji Sini

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Laboratoire de Physicochimie des Polymères et des Interfaces, EA 2528, CY Cergy Paris Université, 95031 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex, France

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Gerrit Boschloo,

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Gerrit Boschloo

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Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Physical Chemistry, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden

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Juozas Vidas Grazulevicius,

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Juozas Vidas Grazulevicius

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Departament of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, LT51423 Kaunas, Lithuania

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Ranush Durgaryan,

Ranush Durgaryan

Departament of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, LT51423 Kaunas, Lithuania

Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Physical Chemistry, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden

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Jurate Simokaitiene,

Jurate Simokaitiene

Departament of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, LT51423 Kaunas, Lithuania

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Dmytro Volyniuk,

Dmytro Volyniuk

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Departament of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, LT51423 Kaunas, Lithuania

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Oleksandr Bezvikonnyi,

Oleksandr Bezvikonnyi

Departament of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, LT51423 Kaunas, Lithuania

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Yan Danyliv,

Yan Danyliv

Departament of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, LT51423 Kaunas, Lithuania

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Byeong Jo Kim,

Byeong Jo Kim

Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Physical Chemistry, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden

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Kai Lin Woon,

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Kai Lin Woon

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Laboratoire de Physicochimie des Polymères et des Interfaces, EA 2528, CY Cergy Paris Université, 95031 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex, France

Low Dimensional Materials Research Centre, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603 Malaysia

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Gjergji Sini,

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Gjergji Sini

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Laboratoire de Physicochimie des Polymères et des Interfaces, EA 2528, CY Cergy Paris Université, 95031 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex, France

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Gerrit Boschloo,

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Gerrit Boschloo

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Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Physical Chemistry, Uppsala University, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden

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Juozas Vidas Grazulevicius,

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Juozas Vidas Grazulevicius

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First published: 20 April 2022

https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202200128

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Replacement of hole-transporting materials (HTM) for additive-free perovskite solar cells (PSCs) is an urgent issue. In this work, three new derivatives of dibenzothiophene with methoxyphenyl, trimethoxyphenyl, carbazole moieties are synthesized as hole-transporting materials for PSCs. The hole density dynamics and hole transporting properties of synthesized dibenzothiophene derivatives are investigated by combination of the charge extraction by linearly increasing voltage (CELIV) and time-of-flight (TOF) techniques. The TOF hole mobility (μ_h) of one compound reaches the highest value of 4.2 × 10⁻³ cm² V⁻¹s⁻¹ at an electric field of 2.5 × 10⁵ V cm⁻¹, however additive-free layers in PSCs did not show the best performance. Instead, the PSC efficiency is determined by a trade-off between the hole-mobility properties and the “effective” hole recombination rate k_B ranging 0.5–40.3 ms⁻¹ as determined by means of the CELIV method. The best hole extraction properties are observed for a compound with μ_h of 9.45 × 10⁻⁴ cm² V⁻¹s⁻¹ and k_B of 11.8 ms⁻¹ which is coherent with its lowest energetic disorder σ of 78.2 meV. Having both appropriate hole density dynamics and hole-transporting properties, hole-transporting layer of that compound allows to reach PCE of 20.9% for additive-free PSC, which is among the state-of-art values for devices with undoped HTM.

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