The emergence of perovskite solar cells

Nature Photonics

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 506-514

  Green, Martin A ^a   Ho Baillie, Anita ^a   Snaith, Henry J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR CELLS;

HALIDE PEROVSKITES; ORGANIC-INORGANIC;

PEROVSKITE;

EID: 84903544471     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2014.134     Document Type: Review

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