Introducing Perovskite Solar Cells to Undergraduates

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 251-255

  Patwardhan, Sameer ^a   Cao, Duyen H ^a   Hatch, Shelby ^a   Farha, Omar K ^a,b   Hupp, Joseph T ^a   Kanatzidis, Mercouri G ^a   Schatz, George C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 84926660339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz502648y     Document Type: Review

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