High efficiency CH3NH3PbI(3-x)Clx, perovskite solar cells with poly(3-hexylthiophene) hole transport layer

We fabricate perovskite based solar cells using CH3NH3PbI3-xClx with different hole-transporting materials. The most used 2,2',7,7'-tetrakis-(N,N-di-p-methoxyphenylamine)9,9'-spirobifluorene (Spiro-OMeTAD) has been compared to the poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT). By tuning the energy level of P3HT and optimizing the device's fabrication, we reached 9.3% of power conversion efficiency, which is the highest reported efficiency for a solar cell using P3HT. This result shows that P3HT can be a suitable low cost hole transport material for efficient perovskite based solar cells. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.