TCO-free flexible organo metal trihalide perovskite planar-heterojunction solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 150-157

  Dianetti, M ^a   Di Giacomo, F ^a   Polino, G ^a   Ciceroni, C ^a   Liscio, A ^b   D'Epifanio, A ^a   Licoccia, S ^a   Brown, T M ^a   Di Carlo, A ^a   Brunetti, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flexible solar cells; Perovskite solar cells; Spray coating; TCO free solar cells

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTRODES; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HETEROJUNCTIONS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PEROVSKITE; POLYOLS;

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE (DMSO); FLEXIBLE SOLAR CELLS; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; MECHANICAL ROBUSTNESS; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE):POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SPRAY COATING; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84928486366     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.03.016     Document Type: Article

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