Lead iodide perovskite sensitized all-solid-state submicron thin film mesoscopic solar cell with efficiency exceeding 9%

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kim, Hui Seon ^a   Lee, Chang Ryul ^a   Im, Jeong Hyeok ^a   Lee, Ki Beom ^a   Moehl, Thomas ^b   Marchioro, Arianna ^b   Moon, Soo Jin ^b   Humphry Baker, Robin ^b   Yum, Jun Ho ^b   Moser, Jacques E ^b   Grätzel, Michael ^b   Park, Nam Gyu ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Chemistry Section   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; IODIDE; LEAD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; OXIDE; PEROVSKITE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY RESOURCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IODIDES; LEAD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OXIDES; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM;

EID: 84866136229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00591     Document Type: Article

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