Electro-optics of perovskite solar cells

Nature Photonics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 106-112

  Lin, Qianqian ^a   Armin, Ardalan ^a   Nagiri, Ravi Chandra Raju ^a   Burn, Paul L ^a   Meredith, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; PEROVSKITE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

BIMOLECULAR RECOMBINATION; EXCITON-BINDING ENERGY; EXCITONIC MECHANISMS; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZED DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; STATIC DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; SYSTEMATIC DESIGNS;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84923125095     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2014.284     Document Type: Article

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