{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Park S"],"funding":["Korea Institute of Science and Technology","Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning"],"pagination":["5517-5522"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6021790"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["7(8)"],"pubmed_abstract":["A series of hole-transporting materials (HTMs) based on [2,2]paracyclophane and triphenyl-amine (TPA) was synthesized. We studied the effect of the chemical structure of the HTM on the photovoltaic performance of perovskite solar cells by varying the number of TPA charge transporting components in the HTM. Tetra-TPA, in which four TPAs are incorporated into the [2,2]paracyclophane core, exhibited better hole transport properties than di-TPA and tri-TPA, which contain two and three TPAs, respectively. In particular, incorporation of the TPA group with a multi-armed structure effectively enhanced the conductivity of the HTM layer in the out-of-plane direction in the solar cell device. Due to the improved charge transport and appropriate molecular energy levels of tetra-TPA, the perovskite solar cell based on the tetra-TPA HTM achieved higher <i>J</i><sub>sc</sub> and FF values than the devices based on di-TPA and tri-TPA HTMs, with a high solar cell efficiency (17.9%)."],"journal":["Chemical science"],"pubmed_title":["Effect of multi-armed triphenylamine-based hole transporting materials for high performance perovskite solar cells."],"pmcid":["PMC6021790"],"funding_grant_id":["KIST, 2E26520","Grant 2012M3A7B4049989"],"pubmed_authors":["Son HJ","Heo JH","Kim JY","Kwak K","Im SH","Cheon CH","Jung TS","Ko MJ","Park S","Yun JH"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Effect of multi-armed triphenylamine-based hole transporting materials for high performance perovskite solar cells.","description":"A series of hole-transporting materials (HTMs) based on [2,2]paracyclophane and triphenyl-amine (TPA) was synthesized. We studied the effect of the chemical structure of the HTM on the photovoltaic performance of perovskite solar cells by varying the number of TPA charge transporting components in the HTM. Tetra-TPA, in which four TPAs are incorporated into the [2,2]paracyclophane core, exhibited better hole transport properties than di-TPA and tri-TPA, which contain two and three TPAs, respectively. In particular, incorporation of the TPA group with a multi-armed structure effectively enhanced the conductivity of the HTM layer in the out-of-plane direction in the solar cell device. Due to the improved charge transport and appropriate molecular energy levels of tetra-TPA, the perovskite solar cell based on the tetra-TPA HTM achieved higher <i>J</i><sub>sc</sub> and FF values than the devices based on di-TPA and tri-TPA HTMs, with a high solar cell efficiency (17.9%).","dates":{"release":"2016-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2016 Aug","modification":"2025-04-04T10:52:11.599Z","creation":"2019-03-26T23:47:31Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6021790","cross_references":{"pubmed":["30034692"],"doi":["10.1039/c6sc00876c"]}}