An efficient hole transport material composite based on poly(3-hexylthiophene) and bamboo-structured carbon nanotubes for high performance perovskite solar cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2784-2793

  Cai, Molang ^a   Tiong, Vincent Tiing ^a   Hreid, Tubuxin ^a   Bell, John ^a   Wang, Hongxia ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CARRIER MOBILITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HOLE MOBILITY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PEROVSKITE; SOLAR CELLS; YARN;

ABSORBING LAYERS; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; COMPOSITE LAYER; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; HOLE TRANSPORT MATERIALS; INTERFACIAL CHARGE TRANSFER; MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84922067073     PISSN: 20507488     EISSN: 20507496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ta04997g     Document Type: Article

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