Solid-state mesostructured perovskite CH3NH3PbI 3 solar cells: Charge transport, recombination, and diffusion length

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 490-494

  Zhao, Yixin ^a   Nardes, Alexandre M ^a   Zhu, Kai ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

diffusion length; perovskite; recombination; solar cells; transport

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSPORT AND RECOMBINATION; DIFFUSION LENGTH; ELECTRON DIFFUSION LENGTH; INTENSITY-MODULATED; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; RECOMBINATION; SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPORT;

CARRIER TRANSPORT; FILM THICKNESS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

PEROVSKITE;

EID: 84893824650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz500003v     Document Type: Article

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