Role of the selective contacts in the performance of lead halide perovskite solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 680-685

  Juarez Perez, Emilio J ^a   Wußler, Michael ^a,b   Fabregat Santiago, Francisco ^a   Lakus Wollny, Kerstin ^b   Mankel, Eric ^b   Mayer, Thomas ^b   Jaegermann, Wolfram ^b   Mora Sero, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CdS; CH3NH3PbI3; charge transfer; contact; perovskite; photovoltaics; TiO2; ZnO

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894517685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz500059v     Document Type: Article

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