Boosting the photocurrent density of p-type solar cells based on organometal halide perovskite-sensitized mesoporous NiO photocathodes

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 12609-12617

  Wang, Huan ^a   Zeng, Xianwei ^a   Huang, Zhanfeng ^a   Zhang, Wenjun ^a   Qiao, Xianfeng ^a   Hu, Bin ^a,b   Zou, Xiaoping ^c   Wang, Mingkui ^a   Cheng, Yi Bing ^a,d   Chen, Wei ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

^c BEIJING INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

mesoporous NiO; NiO blocking layer; p type photocathode; perovskite; sensitized solar cell

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTES; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; LIQUIDS; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOCATHODES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

BLOCKING LAYERS; EFFICIENCY LIMITATIONS; MESOPOROUS; NICKEL ACETYLACETONATE; P-TYPE; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; TRANSIENT PHOTOCURRENTS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84906277436     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5025963     Document Type: Article

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