Using an airbrush pen for layer-by-layer growth of continuous perovskite thin films for hybrid solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2359-2366

  Ramesh, Mohan ^a   Boopathi, Karunakara Moorthy ^a,b   Huang, Tzu Yen ^a,c   Huang, Yu Ching ^d   Tsao, Cheng Si ^d   Chu, Chih Wei ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

hybrid solar cells; large area; low temperatures; perovskite; solution process; spray coating

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; COATINGS; EFFICIENCY; FILM GROWTH; FILM PREPARATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MORPHOLOGY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PEROVSKITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; TIN OXIDES;

HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; LARGE AREA; LOW TEMPERATURES; SOLUTION PROCESS; SPRAY COATING;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84922469402     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am506886d     Document Type: Article

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