Neutral color semitransparent microstructured perovskite solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 591-598

  Eperon, Giles E ^a   Burlakov, Victor M ^a   Goriely, Alain ^a   Snaith, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

building integrated photovoltaics; microstructured; neutral color; perovskite; photovoltaics; semitransparent; solar cell

Indexed keywords

BUILDING-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS; MICROSTRUCTURED; NEUTRAL COLORS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SEMITRANSPARENT;

COLOR; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PEROVSKITE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84893444652     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn4052309     Document Type: Article

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