The efficiency limit of CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 106, Issue 22, 2015, Pages

  Sha, Wei E I ^a,b   Ren, Xingang ^a   Chen, Luzhou ^a   Choy, Wallace C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; PEROVSKITE; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

COMPLEX REFRACTIVE INDEX; DETAILED BALANCE; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY LIMITS; LIGHT TRAPPING STRUCTURES; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; PHOTON RECYCLING; SHOCKLEY-QUEISSER LIMITS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84930627075     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4922150     Document Type: Article

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