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WO<sub><i>x</i></sub>@PEDOT Core–Shell Nanorods: Hybrid Hole-Transporting Materials for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells
PEDOT-coated WO<sub><i>x</i></sub> nanorodes (NRs) were prepared for the first
time by simply stirring WO<sub><i>x</i></sub> nanowires
(NWs) with 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) in aqueous solution.
A series of spectroscopic characterizations indicate that the polymerization
of EDOT occurrs not only on the surface but also along the [010] planes
of WO<sub><i>x</i></sub> NW, resulting in the truncation
of long WO<sub><i>x</i></sub> NW to produce WO<sub><i>x</i></sub>@PEDOT NRs with abundant oxygen vacancies. Furthermore,
WO<sub><i>x</i></sub>@PEDOT NRs were used to prepare a hole
transport layer (HTL) in planar p–i–n perovskite solar
cells (PeSCs). The WO<sub><i>x</i></sub>@PEDOT-based devices
yielded a comparable average power conversion efficiency (PCE) of
12.89% with improved open-circuit voltage (<i>V</i><sub>OC</sub>) and fill factor (FF) but lower short-circuit current density
(<i>J</i><sub>SC</sub>), as compared to the devices with
conventional PEDOT:PSS (12.88%). The observed device performance is
mainly attributed to the better perovskite texture on the WO<sub><i>x</i></sub>@PEDOT HTL, improved energy alignment, and suppressed
charge recombination at the WO<sub><i>x</i></sub>@PEDOT/perovskite
interface as well as lower charge conductivity of the WO<sub><i>x</i></sub>@PEDOT HTL. In addition, the PeSCs based on WO<sub><i>x</i></sub>@PEDOT-doped PEDOT:PSS showed remarkably
improved PCEs up to 14.73%, which may be ascrible to the combined
merit of WO<sub><i>x</i></sub>@PEDOT NRs and PEDOT:PSS.
More impressively, benefiting from the inherent neutral nature of
WO<sub><i>x</i></sub>@PEDOT NRs, WO<sub><i>x</i></sub>@PEDOT-based devices exhibited obviously improved stability
compared to that with PEDOT:PSS HTL. These results thus demonstrate
a path toward the development of new hybrid nanostructures for efficient
and stable PeSCs