Strong photocurrent amplification in perovskite solar cells with a porous TiO2 blocking layer under reverse bias

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 3931-3936

  Moehl, Thomas ^a   Im, Jeong Hyeok ^a,b   Lee, Yong Hui ^a   Domanski, Konrad ^a   Giordano, Fabrizio ^a   Zakeeruddin, Shaik M ^a   Dar, M Ibrahim ^a   Heiniger, Leo Philipp ^a   Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja ^a   Park, Nam Gyu ^b   Grätzel, Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING   (Switzerland)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD COMPOUNDS; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOCURRENTS; SUBSTRATES; TIN DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BLOCKING CAPABILITY; DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRON COLLECTORS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; PHOTOCURRENT AMPLIFICATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; RECTIFYING BEHAVIORS; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84908657724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz502039k     Document Type: Article

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