Planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells with superior reproducibility

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Jeon, Ye Jin ^a   Lee, Sehyun ^a   Kang, Rira ^a   Kim, Jueng Eun ^a   Yeo, Jun Seok ^a   Lee, Seung Hoon ^a   Kim, Seok Soon ^b   Yun, Jin Mun ^c   Kim, Dong Yu ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

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EID: 84920727270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06953     Document Type: Article

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