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ArticleACS applied materials & interfaces2020

Organic Salts as p-Type Dopants for Efficient LiTFSI-Free Perovskite Solar Cells.

Wei Zhang, Fuguo Zhang, Bo Xu, Yuanyuan Li, Linqin Wang, Biaobiao Zhang, Yu Guo, James M Gardner, Licheng Sun, Lars Kloo

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Article in ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Wei ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, Applied Physical Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0232-9937
Fuguo ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2789-7714
Bo XuDepartment of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4703-7340
Yuanyuan LiWallenberg Wood Science Center, Department of Fiber and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1591-5815
Linqin WangDepartment of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6293-6742
Biaobiao ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4093-1251
Yu GuoDepartment of Chemistry, Applied Physical Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden.
James M GardnerDepartment of Chemistry, Applied Physical Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4782-4969
Licheng SunDepartment of Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4521-2870
Lars KlooDepartment of Chemistry, Applied Physical Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0168-2942
KTH Royal Institute of Technology · SEDalian University of Technology · CNWallenberg Wood Science Center · SE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the ubiquity and importance of organic hole-transport materials in photovoltaic devices, their intrinsic low conductivity remains a drawback. Thus, chemical doping is an indispensable solution to this drawback and is essentially always required. The most widely used p-type dopant, FK209, is a cobalt coordination complex. By reducing Co(III) to Co(II), Spiro-OMeTAD becomes partially oxidized, and the film conductivity is initially increased. In order to further increase the conductivity, the hygroscopic co-dopant LiTFSI is typically needed. However, lithium salts are normally quite hygroscopic, and thus, water absorption has been suggested as a significant reason for perovskite degradation and therefore limited device stability. In this work, we report a LiTFSI-free doping process by applying organic salts in relatively high amounts. The film conductivity and morphology have been studied at different doping amounts. The resulting solar cell devices show comparable power conversion efficiencies to those based on conventional LiTFSI-doped Spiro-OMeTAD but show considerably better long-term device stability in an ambient atmosphere.

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hole-transport materialLiTFSI-freeorganic saltperovskite solar cellp-type dopantstability

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PMID32603585
PMCPMC7467566
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