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Highly soluble dendritic fullerene derivatives as electron transport material for perovskite solar cells

高溶解性树枝状富勒烯衍生物电子传输材料的合成及其在钙钛矿太阳能电池中的应用

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A series of shape-persistent polyphenylene dendritic C60 derivatives as the electron transport materials were designed and synthesized via a catalyst-free Diels-Alder [4+2] cycloaddition reaction. These increasing hyperbranched scaffolds could effectively enhance the solubility; notably, both first and second generation dendrimers, C60-G1 and C60-G2, demonstrated more than 5 times higher solubilities than pristine C60. Furthermore, both simulated and experimental data proved their promising solution-processabilities as electron-transporting layers (ETLs) for perovskite solar cells. As a result, the planar p-i-n structural perovskite solar cell could achieve a maximum power conversion efficiency of 14.7 % with C60-G2.

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本文设计并合成了一系列单加成的树枝状C60衍生物作为电子传输材料, 其中, 材料的合成过程 采用无催化剂参与的Diels-Alder[4+2]环加成反应。得到的超支化C60的溶解性得到明显提高, 与原始的 C60相比, 第一代和第二代树枝状C60衍生物(C60-G1 和C60-G2)在有机相中的溶解度均提高了5 倍以上。 此外, 理论模拟和实验均表明, 树枝状C60衍生物可作为钙钛矿太阳能电池的电子传输层, 并同时具有 良好的溶液加工性能。在钙钛矿太阳能电池中, 以C60-G2 作为电子传输层的最大光电转换效率可达 14.7%。

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Projects(2017YFE0131900, 2017YFB0404500) supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China; Projects(91833306, 91733302, 62075094) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; Project(202003N4004) supported by the Ningbo Natural Science Foundation, China; Project(2020GXLH-Z-014) supported by the Joint Research Funds of Department of Science & Technology of Shaanxi Province and Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

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FANG Yin-yu and MA Tao-tao provided the concept and provided the measured data. LIU Fang, GAO Song and YAN Su-hao analyzed the measured data. The initial draft of the manuscript was written by WANG Ai-fei, FANG Yin-yu, and QIN Tian-shi. CHENG Zheng-chun and DI Yi edited the draft of manuscript. All authors replied to reviewers’ comments and revised the final version.

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Cheng, Zc., Fang, Yy., Wang, Af. et al. Highly soluble dendritic fullerene derivatives as electron transport material for perovskite solar cells. J. Cent. South Univ. 28, 3714–3727 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-021-4885-5

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