Effect of mesostructured layer upon crystalline properties and device performance on perovskite solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1628-1637

  Listorti, Andrea ^a,b   Juarez Perez, Emilio J ^c   Frontera, Carlos ^d   Roiati, Vittoria ^a,e   Garcia Andrade, Laura ^c,f   Colella, Silvia ^b,g   Rizzo, Aurora ^b   Ortiz, Pablo ^f   Mora Sero, Ivan ^c  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b CNR Nanotec Istituto di Nanotecnologia   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

^e POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffusion Length; Mesostructure; Perovskite solar cells; Photoinduced Absorption; Time Resolved Photoluminescence; X ray Diffraction

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; DIFFUSION; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SOLAR POWER GENERATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CHARGE PHOTOGENERATION; COMPLEMENTARY TECHNIQUES; DIFFUSION LENGTH; ELECTRON DIFFUSION LENGTH; MESOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOINDUCED ABSORPTION; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATION; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

SOLAR CELLS;

CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; OXIDE; PEROVSKITE; TITANIUM;

CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR ENERGY;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDES; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM;

EID: 84928987819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00483     Document Type: Article

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