Development of lead iodide perovskite solar cells using three-dimensional titanium dioxide nanowire architectures

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 564-572

  Yu, Yanhao ^a   Li, Jianye ^a   Geng, Dalong ^a   Wang, Jialiang ^a   Zhang, Lushuai ^a,b   Andrew, Trisha L ^b   Arnold, Michael S ^a   Wang, Xudong ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

CH3NH3PbI3; perovskite; solar cells; three dimensional nanowires; titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; LEAD COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; NANOWIRES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXIDES; PEROVSKITE; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE REACTIONS; TITANIUM; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; YARN; ZINC OXIDE;

CH3NH3PBI3; ELECTRODE SELECTION; NANOPARTICLE SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOWIRES;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84921758581     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5058672     Document Type: Article

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