Fullerene-based electron-transporting layers(ETLs)significantly influence the defect passivation and device performance of inverted perovskite solar cells(PSCs).However,theπ-cage structures of fullerenes lead to a st...Fullerene-based electron-transporting layers(ETLs)significantly influence the defect passivation and device performance of inverted perovskite solar cells(PSCs).However,theπ-cage structures of fullerenes lead to a strong tendency to self-aggregate,which affects the long-term stability of the corresponding PSCs.Experimental results revealed that[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester(PCBM)-based ETLs exhibit a certain degree of self-aggregation that affects the stability of the device,particularly under continuous irradiation stress.To modulate the aggregation behavior,we replaced a methyl hydrogen of PCBM with a phenyl group to yield[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid benzyl ester(PCBB).As verified through X-ray crystallography,this minor structural modification results in more non-covalent intermolecular interactions,which effectively enhanced the electron-transporting ability of the PCBB-based ETL and led to an efficiency approaching 20%.Notably,the enhanced intermolecular forces of PCBB suppressed its self-aggregation,and the corresponding device showed significantly improved stability,retaining approximately 90%of its initial efficiency after 600 h under one-sun irradiation with maximum power point tracking.These findings provide a viable approach for the design of new fullerene derivatives to tune their intermolecular interactions to suppress self-aggregation within the ETL for highperformance PSCs.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2020YFB1505802)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21931009 and 21721001)+2 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (20720210016 and 20720210104)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2020M671939)Additional support was provided by Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center。
基金financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51902110,51802102 and 21805101)the Scientific Research Funds of Huaqiao University(19BS105,16BS201 and 17BS409)+1 种基金Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(ZQN-806,ZQN-PY607)the US National Science Foundation for generous support of this work under CHE1801317。
文摘Fullerene-based electron-transporting layers(ETLs)significantly influence the defect passivation and device performance of inverted perovskite solar cells(PSCs).However,theπ-cage structures of fullerenes lead to a strong tendency to self-aggregate,which affects the long-term stability of the corresponding PSCs.Experimental results revealed that[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester(PCBM)-based ETLs exhibit a certain degree of self-aggregation that affects the stability of the device,particularly under continuous irradiation stress.To modulate the aggregation behavior,we replaced a methyl hydrogen of PCBM with a phenyl group to yield[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid benzyl ester(PCBB).As verified through X-ray crystallography,this minor structural modification results in more non-covalent intermolecular interactions,which effectively enhanced the electron-transporting ability of the PCBB-based ETL and led to an efficiency approaching 20%.Notably,the enhanced intermolecular forces of PCBB suppressed its self-aggregation,and the corresponding device showed significantly improved stability,retaining approximately 90%of its initial efficiency after 600 h under one-sun irradiation with maximum power point tracking.These findings provide a viable approach for the design of new fullerene derivatives to tune their intermolecular interactions to suppress self-aggregation within the ETL for highperformance PSCs.
