Low-temperature and solution-processed amorphous WOX as electron-selective layer for perovskite solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 755-759

  Wang, Kai ^a   Shi, Yantao ^a   Dong, Qingshun ^a   Li, Yu ^c   Wang, Shufeng ^c   Yu, Xufeng ^a   Wu, Mengyao ^a   Ma, Tingli ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

electron selective layer; low temperature; perovskite solar cell; tungsten oxide

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOELECTRICITY; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; PHOTO-ELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; SELECTIVE LAYERS; TUNGSTEN OXIDE;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84929175921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00010     Document Type: Article

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