N,N-Bis(9-methyl-3-carbazolyl)-4-anisidine as an Electroactive Material for Use in Perovskite Solar Cells

Jonas Keruckas; Patryk Janasik; Rasa Keruckienė; Pawel Czulkin; Malgorzata Czichy; Mieczyslaw Lapkowski; Dmytro Volyniuk; Ranush Durgaryan; Byeong Jo Kim; Gerrit Boschloo; Juozas Vidas Gražulevičius

doi:10.1021/acsaem.3c00102

N,N-Bis(9-methyl-3-carbazolyl)-4-anisidine as an Electroactive Material for Use in Perovskite Solar Cells

Jonas Keruckas
, Patryk Janasik
, Rasa Keruckienė
, Pawel Czulkin
, Malgorzata Czichy
, Mieczyslaw Lapkowski
, Dmytro Volyniuk
, Ranush Durgaryan
, Byeong Jo Kim
, Gerrit Boschloo
, Juozas Vidas Gražulevičius

Kaunas University of Technology
Silesian University of Technology
Polish Academy of Sciences
Uppsala University

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Di(9-methyl-3-carbazolyl)-(4-anisyl)amine is presented as an effective hole-transporting material suitable for application in perovskite solar cells. It is obtained by a three-step synthesis from inexpensive starting compounds. It has a relatively high glass transition temperature of 93 °C and thermal stability with 5% weight loss at 374 °C. The compound exhibits reversible double-wave electrochemical oxidation below +1.5 V and polymerization at higher potential. A mechanism for its oxidation is proposed based on electrochemical impedance and electron spin resonance spectroscopy investigations, ultraviolet-visible-near-infrared absorption spectroelectrochemistry results, and density functional theory-based calculations. Vacuum-deposited films of the compound are characterized by a low ionization potential of 5.02 ± 0.06 eV and hole mobility of 10^-3 cm²/(Vs) at an electric field of 4 × 10⁵ V/cm. The newly synthesized compound has been used to fabricate dopant-free hole-transporting layers in perovskite solar cells. A power conversion efficiency of 15.5% was achieved in a preliminary study.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5720-5728
Number of pages	9
Journal	ACS Applied Energy Materials
Volume	6
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.3c00102
Publication status	Published - 12 Jun 2023

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DFT
EIS
electrooxidation mechanism
perovskite solar cell
time-of-flight

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Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Electrochemistry
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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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