NiO/MAPbI3-xClx/PCBM: A model case for an improved understanding of inverted mesoscopic solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4283-4289

  Trifiletti, Vanira ^a   Roiati, Vittoria ^a,b   Colella, Silvia ^c   Giannuzzi, Roberto ^a   De Marco, Luisa ^a   Rizzo, Aurora ^a,c   Manca, Michele ^a   Listorti, Andrea ^a,c   Gigli, Giuseppe ^a,c,d  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

charge transfer and transport; NiO; perovskite; solar cells

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; NANOCRYSTALS; NICKEL OXIDE; PEROVSKITE; SOLAR CELLS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

CHARGE GENERATION; HOLE BLOCKING LAYERS; HOLE TRANSFER; HOLE TRANSPORTING; NANO-CRYSTALLINE NICKEL; PHOTOINDUCED ABSORPTION; SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84923825169     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am508678p     Document Type: Article

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