Origin of the high open circuit voltage in planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells: Role of the reduced bimolecular recombination

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Yang, Wenchao ^a   Yao, Yao ^a   Wu, Chang Qin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; EXCITONS; FERMI LEVEL; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC-INORGANIC MATERIALS; PEROVSKITE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

BIMOLECULAR RECOMBINATION; CURRENT DENSITY-VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; EXCITON-BINDING ENERGY; EXCITONIC SOLAR CELLS; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE LOSS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID; QUASI-FERMI LEVEL SPLITTING;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84924193828     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4913519     Document Type: Article

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