Organometal perovskite light absorbers toward a 20% efficiency low-cost solid-state mesoscopic solar cell

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2423-2429

  Park, Nam Gyu ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC NANOCRYSTALS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; METAL CHALCOGENIDE; ORGANIC MATERIALS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RECORD EFFICIENCIES; SOLID STATE SOLAR CELLS; SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; NANOCRYSTALS; ORGANOMETALLICS; PEROVSKITE; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84881270889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz400892a     Document Type: Article

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