Inverted planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells employing different polymers, poly{[N,N'-bis(2-octyldodecyl)-1,4,5,8-naphthalene diimide-2,6-diyl]-alt-5,5'-(2,2'-bithiophene)} (N2200), poly{[N,N'-bis(alkyl)-1,4,5,8-naphthalene diimide-2,6-diyl-alt-5,5'-di(thiophen-2-yl)-2,2'-(E)-2-(2-(thiophen-2-yl)vinyl)thiophene]} (PNVT-8), and PNDI2OD-TT as electron-transporting material (ETM) have been investigated for the first time. The best device performance was obtained when N2200 was applied as the ETM, with JSC of 14.70 mA/cm2, VOC of 0.84 V, and fill factor (FF) of 66%, corresponding to a decent power conversion efficiency (PCE) of ∼ 8.15%. Which is very competitive to the parameters (JSC 14.65 mA/cm2, VOC 0.83 V, FF 70%, and PCE 8.51%) of the reference device employing conventional PCBM as the ETM. The slightly lower FF could be mainly accounted for by the increased recombination in the polymer contained devices. This work demonstrated that polymeric materials can be used as efficient ETM in perovskite solar cells, and we believe this class of polymeric ETMs will further promote the performance of perovskite photovoltaic cells after extended investigation.
Keywords: characterization; device performance; electron conductor; perovskite solar cell; planar heterojunction; polymer.