Synthesis, structure, and photovoltaic property of a nanocrystalline 2H perovskite-type novel sensitizer (CH3CH2NH3)PbI3

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Im, Jeong Hyeok ^a   Chung, Jaehoon ^b   Kim, Seung Joo ^b   Park, Nam Gyu ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

2H perovskite; Dye sensitized solar cell; Nanodot; Sensitizer

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROLYTES; IODINE COMPOUNDS; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALS; PEROVSKITE; PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

NANODOT; ORTHORHOMBIC CRYSTALS; PEROVSKITE STRUCTURES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; REDOX ELECTROLYTES; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SENSITIZER; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

LEAD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84863997217     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-353     Document Type: Article

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