Origin and elimination of photocurrent hysteresis by fullerene passivation in CH3NH3PbI3 planar heterojunction solar cells

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Shao, Yuchuan ^a   Xiao, Zhengguo ^a   Bi, Cheng ^a   Yuan, Yongbo ^a   Huang, Jinsong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; FULLERENE; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; IODIDE; LEAD; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PEROVSKITE; PHENANTHROLINE DERIVATIVE; XENON;

ELECTRIC FIELD; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FULLERENE; GRAIN BOUNDARY; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR RADIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DENSITY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ENERGY CONVERSION; EVAPORATION; FILM; GRAIN; HYSTERESIS; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHOTOCURRENT HYSTERESIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOSTABILITY; THICKNESS; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 84923365457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6784     Document Type: Article

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