Low-Cost TiS2 as Hole-Transport Material for Perovskite Solar Cells

Aron J. Huckaba; Saba Gharibzadeh; Maryline Ralaiarisoa; Cristina Roldán-Carmona; Nasim Mohammadian; Giulia Grancini; Yonghui Lee; Patrick Amsalem; Edward J. Plichta; Norbert Koch; Ahmad Moshaii; Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

doi:10.1002/SMTD.201700250

Low-Cost TiS₂ as Hole-Transport Material for Perovskite Solar Cells

Aron J. Huckaba, Saba Gharibzadeh, Maryline Ralaiarisoa, Cristina Roldán-Carmona, Nasim Mohammadian, Giulia Grancini, Yonghui Lee, Patrick Amsalem, Edward J. Plichta, Norbert Koch, Ahmad Moshaii, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

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Abstract

A room-temperature low-cost TiS₂ p-type contact material is applied for the first time as the hole-transporting material (HTM) in perovskite solar cells, with power conversion efficiencies surpassing 13.5%. Synthesized by a simple two-step hot-injection method, it presents a much lower price per m² than octakis(4-methoxyphenyl)-9,9′-spirospirobi[9H-fluorene]-2,2′,7,7′-tetramine (spiro-OMeTAD), 30 times lower in price ($0.046 for TiS₂ and $1.36 for spiro-OMeTAD at 13.54% efficiency), standing out over most of the reported HTM alternatives.

Original language	English
Article number	1700250
Journal	Small Methods
Volume	1
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/SMTD.201700250
State	Published - Oct 16 2017

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Keywords

hole-transport materials
nanoparticles
perovskite solar cells
titanium disulfide
transition-metal dichalcogenides

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Chemistry
General Materials Science

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