The present invention aims to provide an organic thin film that imparts an excellent electron injection property and an excellent electron transport property when it is used as an electron injection layer of an organic EL device. The present invention relates to an organic thin film, which is a single film containing a first material which is a hexahydropyrimidopyrimidine compound having a structure of the following formula (1) and a second material which transports electrons, or a laminate film including a film containing the first material and a film containing the second material,

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wherein R.sup.1 is an optionally substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, an optionally substituted aromatic heterocyclic group, an optionally substituted arylalkylene group, an optionally substituted divalent to tetravalent acyclic or cyclic hydrocarbon group, a group of a combination of two or more of these groups, or a group of a combination of one or more of these groups and a nitrogen atom; and n is an integer of 1 to 4.

A photoelectric conversion element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode; a second electrode disposed to be opposed to the first electrode; and an organic photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a first organic semiconductor material, a second organic semiconductor material, and a third organic semiconductor material. The second organic semiconductor material has a Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO) level being deeper than a Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital (LUMO) level of the first organic semiconductor material and having a difference of 1.0 eV or more and 2.0 eV or less from the LUMO level of the first organic semiconductor material. The third organic semiconductor material has a crystalline property and has a linear absorption coefficient of 10000 cm.sup.−1 or less in a visible light region and an optical absorption edge wavelength of 550 nm or less.

A photoelectric conversion element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode; a second electrode disposed to be opposed to the first electrode; and an organic photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a first organic semiconductor material, a second organic semiconductor material, and a third organic semiconductor material. The second organic semiconductor material has a Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO) level being deeper than a Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital (LUMO) level of the first organic semiconductor material and having a difference of 1.0 eV or more and 2.0 eV or less from the LUMO level of the first organic semiconductor material. The third organic semiconductor material has a crystalline property and has a linear absorption coefficient of 10000 cm.sup.−1 or less in a visible light region and an optical absorption edge wavelength of 550 nm or less.

The present invention relates to a novel compound for improving the photostability of an optoelectronic device, and more particularly, to a novel phenanthroline-based compound, a preparation method thereof, and an optoelectronic device including the same as a passivation layer. According to the present invention, the novel phenanthroline-based compound of Formula 1 is a novel compound in which an amine group side chain is introduced into the parent nucleus of phenanthroline, and is capable of being used in a solution process due to excellent solubility in a polar solvent, and simple introduction on an n-type semiconductor organic layer (e.g., an organic photoactive layer or an electron transport layer) as a passivation layer may bring about not only an increase in stability, but also an additional increase in efficiency such as an increase in open-circuit voltage or photocurrent.

A perovskite solar cell includes following components provided successively from bottom to top: a transparent conductive glass substrate, a first transport layer, a perovskite layer, a second transport layer, a conductive electrode, and a back plate glass. The perovskite solar cell further includes an encapsulating adhesive. The transparent conductive glass substrate, the back plate glass, and the encapsulating adhesive form an enclosed space. The enclosed space contains a mixture of an inert gas and a methylamine gas, where a volume ratio of the inert gas to the methylamine gas is in a range from 9:1 to 5:5.

A perovskite solar cell includes following components provided successively from bottom to top: a transparent conductive glass substrate, a first transport layer, a perovskite layer, a second transport layer, a conductive electrode, and a back plate glass. The perovskite solar cell further includes an encapsulating adhesive. The transparent conductive glass substrate, the back plate glass, and the encapsulating adhesive form an enclosed space. The enclosed space contains a mixture of an inert gas and a methylamine gas, where a volume ratio of the inert gas to the methylamine gas is in a range from 9:1 to 5:5.

A photoelectric conversion element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode; a second electrode disposed to be opposed to the first electrode; an organic photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and second electrode; and a buffer layer provided between the first electrode and the organic photoelectric conversion layer, and including a mellitic acid derivative represented by the general formula (1).

A photoelectric conversion element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first electrode; a second electrode disposed to be opposed to the first electrode; an organic photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and second electrode; and a buffer layer provided between the first electrode and the organic photoelectric conversion layer, and including a mellitic acid derivative represented by the general formula (1).

Provided is a semiconductor element that can generate power with high efficiency and has high durability. A multilayer junction photoelectric conversion element according to an embodiment includes: a first electrode; a first photoactive layer including a perovskite semiconductor; a first doped layer; a second photoactive layer including silicon; a second doped layer; a passivation layer; and a second electrode in this order. The interlayer interface existing between the first photoactive layer and the adjacent layer is a substantially smooth surface, and the multilayer junction photoelectric conversion element further includes a light scattering layer that penetrate a part of the passivation layer and electrically join the second doped layer and the second electrode. The element can be manufactured by a method including forming a bottom cell including a second active layer and then forming a first photoactive layer by coating.

A perovskite solar cell, a preparation method therefor and a power consuming device are provided. In some embodiments, the perovskite solar cell of the present application has, in order, a back electrode, a hole transport layer, an interface passivation layer, a perovskite layer, an interface passivation layer, an electron transport layer, and conductive glass, wherein the HOMO energy level of an interface between the perovskite layer and the interface passivation layer is 0.01-0.4 eV, and the energy band gap between the HOMO energy level and the LUMO energy level is 0.01-0.4 eV; and the interface passivation layer contains: an organic amine salt of a biphenyl compound and/or an organic amine salt of an acene compound. In the perovskite solar cell according to the present application, by passivating the perovskite layer therein with an organic amine salt of a biphenyl compound or acene compound, the VBM of the perovskite layer is improved, facilitating the extraction of holes, and the transport efficiency of carriers is improved, so that the efficiency and stability of the perovskite solar cell can be greatly improved.