Polymer Assisted Small Molecule Hole Transport Layers Toward Highly Efficient Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

Abstract

In this paper, inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs) employing a novel polymer‐assisted small molecule layer as hole transport layer (HTL) are reported and the effect of mixed HTL on the device performance is investigated. It is the first time that the small molecule HTL is doped with a polymer HTL. The introduction of appropriate content of polymer into the small molecule layer will lead to a much smoother surface for the mixed HTL and largely reduced charge recombination, and most importantly, the energy level alignment is more matched with that of the perovskite via optimization of the doping content. Therefore, the hole transfer property is largely improved for the perovskite/mixed HTL composites. After the optimization of the polymer content in the mixed HTLs, an average power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 19.03 ± 0.53% is achieved, and the champion device exhibits a PCE of >21%. This work provides an effective strategy for the development of highly efficient inverted PSCs based on small molecule HTLs.