Stretchable Hole Extraction Layer for Improved Stability in Perovskite Solar Cells

Ryan Rhee; Soeun Im; Hongjoo Lee; Jung Hwan Lee; Youngno Kim; Do Hyung Chun; Chanil Park; Sunje Lee; Jung Hyun Kim; Jong Hyeok Park

doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c02305

Stretchable Hole Extraction Layer for Improved Stability in Perovskite Solar Cells

Ryan Rhee, Soeun Im, Hongjoo Lee, Jung Hwan Lee, Youngno Kim, Do Hyung Chun, Chanil Park, Sunje Lee, Jung Hyun Kim, Jong Hyeok Park

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Flexibility and stretchability of solar cells are crucial factors for enhancing their real-life application for wearable devices. Although poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) has been conventionally employed as a hole extraction layer (HEL) in flexible organic or perovskite solar cells, the inherent stretchability of PEDOT:PSS has yet to be convinced. Here, we report a highly stretchable and mechanically stable PEDOT:PSS-based thin film and its application on flexible perovskite solar cells. We synthesized a chemically linked copolymer, P(SS-co-TFPMA), consisting of PSS and tetrafluoropropyl methacrylate (TFPMA) followed by graft copolymerization with poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate (PEGMA) to form a P(SS-co-TFPMA)-g-PEGMA dopant for the PEDOT HEL. The PEDOT:P(SS-co-TFPMA)-g-PEGMA (PEDOT:PTP) copolymer solution has excellent homogeneity and high phase stability, and its developed HEL film exhibits outstanding stretching capability. After stretching of 300%, PEDOT:PTP films sustain conductivity of over 80% of their original conductivity, whereas the conventional PEDOT:PSS films completely lose their conductivity after a strain of 300%. In addition, the PEDOT:PTP-incorporated flexible perovskite solar cells exhibited improved mechanical stability compared with the unassisted cells, retaining 92% of the initial power conversion efficiency after 1500 bending cycles at a 7 mm radius.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8004-8010
Number of pages	7
Journal	ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
Volume	8
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c02305
Publication status	Published - 2020 Jun 1

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This work was supported by the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy(MOTIE) of the Republic of Korea (20163010012450, 20173010013340). This work was also supported by the Technology Innovation Program (20002931) funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE, Korea). This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2019R1A6A1A11055660).

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