P-type mesoscopic nickel oxide/organometallic perovskite heterojunction solar cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wang, Kuo Chin ^a   Jeng, Jun Yuan ^a   Shen, Po Shen ^a   Chang, Yu Cheng ^b   Diau, Eric Wei Guang ^b   Tsai, Cheng Hung ^a   Chao, Tzu Yang ^a   Hsu, Hsu Cheng ^a   Lin, Pei Ying ^a   Chen, Peter ^a   Guo, Tzung Fang ^a   Wen, Ten Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84899061673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04756     Document Type: Article

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