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Due to their strong acceptor properties and enhanced charge transport capabilities, non-fullerene electron acceptors based on pi-extended derivatives - subnaphthalocyanines (SubNc) or subphtalocyanine dimers (SubPc(2)) - have been employed in organic photovoltaics in the past as an alternative to the expensive fullerene. However, these promising pi-extended derivatives have not been explored in perovskite solar cell technology. In this work, we implement a vacuum-deposited very thin film of SubNc or SubPc(2) as electron transport layers in perovskite solar cells. In particular, we demonstrate the excellent electron extraction properties of the thin films in contact with perovskite layer. The fabricated perovskite solar cells exhibit enhanced device performances with reduced hysteresis index and improved device stability. Our results validate the use of n-extended subporphyrinoids as promising candidates for perovskite optoelectronics with enhanced stability properties, being essential for further conunercialization of the perovskite technology.
Bin Ding, Xianfu Zhang, Bo Chen, Yan Liu