Efficient organometal trihalide perovskite planar-heterojunction solar cells on flexible polymer substrates

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Docampo, Pablo ^a   Ball, James M ^a   Darwich, Mariam ^a   Eperon, Giles E ^a   Snaith, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE TIN OXIDE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; METAL OXIDE; PEROVSKITE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANADIUM;

FUEL CELL; LOW TEMPERATURE; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POLYMER; SUBSTRATE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CELLS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FILM; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84887725438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3761     Document Type: Article

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