Enhanced hole extraction in perovskite solar cells through carbon nanotubes

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 4207-4212

  Habisreutinger, Severin N ^a   Leijtens, Tomas ^a   Eperon, Giles E ^a   Stranks, Samuel D ^a   Nicholas, Robin J ^a   Snaith, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hole transporting material; perovskite solar cells; photovoltaics; single walled carbon nanotubes; spiro OMeTAD

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; NANOTUBES; PEROVSKITE; PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CHARGE EXTRACTION; CONVENTIONAL DOPING; HOLE EXTRACTIONS; HOLE-TRANSPORTING MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; SPIRO-OMETAD; TWO-LAYER APPROACH;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84915733971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz5021795     Document Type: Article

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