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Oxoammonium cation of 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl: a very efficient dopant for hole-transporting triaryl amines in a perovskite solar cell

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

H. Maruo ,
S. Tanaka ,
M. Takamura ,
K. Oyaizu ,
H. Segawa  and
H. Nishide
H. Maruo
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Chemistry, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
S. Tanaka
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Chemistry, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
M. Takamura
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Chemistry, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
K. Oyaizu
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Chemistry, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
H. Segawa
Affiliation:
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
H. Nishide*
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Chemistry, Waseda University, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
*
Address all correspondence to H. Nishide at nishide@waseda.jp
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Abstract

Oxoammonium cation of 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl (TEMPO) was used as an oxidizing dopant of triaryl amines to efficiently and almost quantitatively generate radical cations of the amines or a hole carrier. The doped-triaryl amines yielded an amorphous and homogeneous layer without any residual oxidant or neutral TEMPO molecule through its sublimination or warming the layer. The TEMPO cation-doped spiro-OMeTAD [tetrakis(dimethoxyphenylamine)spirobifluorene] produced a high hole mobility of 2 × 10−4 cm2/Vs. The perovskite solar cell fabricated with the TEMPO cation-doped or residual dopant-free spiro-OMeTAD as the hole-transporting layer displayed a photo-conversion efficiency of 20.1% with durability.

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MRS Communications , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , March 2018 , pp. 122 - 126
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2018 

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