C60 as an efficient n-type compact layer in perovskite solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2399-2405

  Wojciechowski, Konrad ^a   Leijtens, Tomas ^a,b   Siprova, Svetlana ^a,c   Schlueter, Christoph ^d   Hörantner, Maximilian T ^a   Wang, Jacob Tse Wei ^a   Li, Chang Zhi ^e   Jen, Alex K Y ^e   Lee, Tien Lin ^d   Snaith, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^d DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^e University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

fullerene; hysteresis; perovskite solar cell; photoluminescence; power conversion efficiency; stability; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYSTERESIS; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHARGE EXTRACTION; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; LONG TERM STABILITY; ORGANIC-INORGANIC; PHYSICAL PROCESS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SELECTIVE CONTACTS; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84935021116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00902     Document Type: Article

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