Mechanism of carrier accumulation in perovskite thin-absorber solar cells

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kim, Hui Seon ^a   Mora Sero, Ivan ^b   Gonzalez Pedro, Victoria ^b   Fabregat Santiago, Francisco ^b   Juarez Perez, Emilio J ^b   Park, Nam Gyu ^a   Bisquert, Juan ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALIDE; LEAD; PEROVSKITE;

ABSORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HALIDE; LEAD; LIGHT EFFECT; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SAMPLING; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; DEVICES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SOLAR CELL; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84881366683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3242     Document Type: Article

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