Characterization of planar lead halide perovskite solar cells by impedance spectroscopy, open-circuit photovoltage decay, and intensity-modulated photovoltage/photocurrent spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3456-3465

  Pockett, Adam ^a   Eperon, Giles E ^c   Peltola, Timo ^b   Snaith, Henry J ^c   Walker, Alison ^b   Peter, Laurence M ^a   Cameron, Petra J ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CAPACITANCE; EFFICIENCY; FILM PREPARATION; LEAD COMPOUNDS; LEAD METALLOGRAPHY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PEROVSKITE; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SPECTROSCOPY; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; TIMING CIRCUITS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DIFFUSION CAPACITANCE; GEOMETRIC CAPACITANCE; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INTENSITY MODULATED PHOTOCURRENT SPECTROSCOPY (IMPS); INTENSITY MODULATED PHOTOVOLTAGE SPECTROSCOPIES (IMVS); OPEN-CIRCUIT PHOTOVOLTAGE; PHOTOGENERATED CARRIERS; SHORT-CIRCUIT CONDITIONS;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84923319989     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp510837q     Document Type: Article

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