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Hole transporting materials for perovskite solar cells: molecular versus polymeric carbazole-based derivatives

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Designing organic hole transporting materials (HTMs) for stable perovskite photovoltaic devices remains a great challenge. Herein, we have prepared two small carbazole-based HTMs bearing a polymerizable double bond and one of the corresponding polymers. All compounds can be easily synthetized by a short procedure from largely available commercial products. These compounds have thermal, morphological, optical and electrochemical properties suitable for an application in perovskite solar cells. The side chains at the N-position on the carbazole have a negligible influence on the opto-electrochemical properties. However, the thermal properties differ largely between the monomer and its corresponding polymer. While these materials have the same photovoltaic performance, the polymeric HTM led to more stable devices. This illustrates the higher thermal stability of polymeric HTM versus its corresponding monomer.

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M.U. and D.M. acknowledge the Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) and the Mexican government for their Ph.D. scholarship, respectively.

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  1. Laboratoire de Physicochimie des Polymères et des Interfaces (LPPI), Université de Cergy-Pontoise, 5 Mail Gay Lussac, 95000, Neuville-sur-Oise, France

    Diego Magaldi, Gjergji Sini, Fabrice Goubard & Thanh-Tuân Bui

  2. CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris (IRCP), UMR8247, Chimie ParisTech, PSL Research University, 11 Rue P. et M. Curie, 75005, Paris, France

    Maria Ulfa & Thierry Pauporté

  3. Plateforme Microscopies et Analyses, Fédération Institut des Matériaux (iMAT), Université de Cergy-Pontoise, Rue Descartes, 95000, Neuville-sur-Oise, France

    Mai-Phuong Nghiêm

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Magaldi, D., Ulfa, M., Nghiêm, MP. et al. Hole transporting materials for perovskite solar cells: molecular versus polymeric carbazole-based derivatives. J Mater Sci 55, 4820–4829 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-04342-6

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