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Layered Defect-Filling co-Assembled Carbazole-Based SAMs Deliver 20% Organic Solar Cells and 17% Mini-Modules
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Göteborg, Sweden.
Key Laboratory of Special Functional Aggregated Materials (Shandong University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Colloidal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, People’s Republic of China.
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Göteborg, Sweden.
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Göteborg, Sweden.
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2026 (English)In: Nano-Micro Letters, ISSN 2150-5551, Vol. 19, no 1, article id 29Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) are widely used as hole-transport layers (HTLs) in organic solar cells (OSCs), yet conventional single-component SAMs often form quasi-monolayers with incomplete coverage and interfacial defects that become increasingly detrimental upon device scaling. Here, we develop a co-assembled multilayered SAM (coSAMu) strategy that combines two SAM molecules, 2PACz and 2Cl-4PACz, with distinct dipoles and steric configurations through blend casting and sequential casting. Photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray analysis, and molecular simulations support a layered structure in which a chemisorbed, 2PACz-rich bottom layer primarily sets the indium tin oxide (ITO) work function, while a 2Cl-4PACz-rich upper layer fills interfacial voids, improves molecular packing, and passivates defects. Consistent with this picture, coSAMu promotes a more favorable vertical composition near the ITO surface and suppresses trap-assisted recombination, enabling more efficient charge extraction and collection. Consequently, a representative D18:L8-BO OSC incorporating the sequential-cast coSAMu HTL achieves a power conversion efficiency of 20.1% (0.042 cm2), outperforming pristine 2PACz. Importantly, when scaled to a 17.14 cm2 mini-module (six serially connected subcells), coSAMu delivers 17.0% efficiency versus 12.2% for the 2PACz control. This work demonstrates controlled multilayer co-assembly as an effective strategy for scalable OSC interface engineering that is broadly applicable to multiple donor-acceptor systems.

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Springer Nature, 2026. Vol. 19, no 1, article id 29
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Organic solar cells, Interface engineering, Self-assembled monolayers, Trap passivation, Scalable photovoltaics, RECOMBINATION
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-112084DOI: 10.1007/s40820-026-02325-2ISI: 001845368000002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105046951201OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-112084DiVA, id: diva2:2094580
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