Non-Fullerene Small Molecule Electron-Transporting Materials for Efficient p-i-n Perovskite Solar Cells
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | VOC (V) | JSC (mA/cm2) | FF (%) | PCE (%) | PCEMAX (%) |
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ITIC | 0.91 (± 0.01) | 18.38 (± 0.20) | 49.06 (± 1.61) | 8.01 (± 0.19) | 8.37 |
IT-4f | 0.94 (± 0.01) | 19.12 (± 0.22) | 60.94 (± 1.33) | 11.19 (± 0.40) | 12.11 |
COi8DFIC | 0.91 (± 0.01) | 18.48 (± 0.23) | 50.25 (± 1.54) | 8.04 (± 0.29) | 8.55 |
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Choi, D.-S.; Kwon, S.-N.; Na, S.-I. Non-Fullerene Small Molecule Electron-Transporting Materials for Efficient p-i-n Perovskite Solar Cells. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 1082. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10061082
Choi D-S, Kwon S-N, Na S-I. Non-Fullerene Small Molecule Electron-Transporting Materials for Efficient p-i-n Perovskite Solar Cells. Nanomaterials. 2020; 10(6):1082. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10061082
Chicago/Turabian StyleChoi, Da-Seul, Sung-Nam Kwon, and Seok-In Na. 2020. "Non-Fullerene Small Molecule Electron-Transporting Materials for Efficient p-i-n Perovskite Solar Cells" Nanomaterials 10, no. 6: 1082. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10061082