Perovskite solar cell with an efficient TiO2 compact film

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 15959-15965

  Ke, Weijun ^a   Fang, Guojia ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Qin, Pingli ^a   Tao, Hong ^a   Lei, Hongwei ^a   Liu, Qin ^a   Dai, Xin ^a   Zhao, Xingzhong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Compact electron transporting layer; Interface resistance; One step sintering; Perovskite; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FILM PREPARATION; PEROVSKITE; SINTERING; SOLAR CELLS; THERMOOXIDATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTRON TRANSPORTING LAYER; INTERFACE RESISTANCE; OPTIMUM THICKNESS; RECOMBINATION PROCESS; SERIES RESISTANCES; SINTERING PROCESS; SPIN-COATING METHOD; TWO-STEP SINTERING;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84912004762     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am503728d     Document Type: Article

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