Abstract
Di(9-methyl-3-carbazolyl)-(4-anisyl)amine is presented as an effective hole-transporting material suitable for application in perovskite solar cells. It is obtained by a three-step synthesis from inexpensive starting compounds. It has a relatively high glass transition temperature of 93 °C and thermal stability with 5% weight loss at 374 °C. The compound exhibits reversible double-wave electrochemical oxidation below +1.5 V and polymerization at higher potential. A mechanism for its oxidation is proposed based on electrochemical impedance and electron spin resonance spectroscopy investigations, ultraviolet-visible-near-infrared absorption spectroelectrochemistry results, and density functional theory-based calculations. Vacuum-deposited films of the compound are characterized by a low ionization potential of 5.02 ± 0.06 eV and hole mobility of 10-3 cm2/(Vs) at an electric field of 4 × 105 V/cm. The newly synthesized compound has been used to fabricate dopant-free hole-transporting layers in perovskite solar cells. A power conversion efficiency of 15.5% was achieved in a preliminary study.
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