Non-wetting surface-driven high-aspect-ratio crystalline grain growth for efficient hybrid perovskite solar cells

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Bi, Cheng ^a,b   Wang, Qi ^a,b   Shao, Yuchuan ^a,b   Yuan, Yongbo ^a,b   Xiao, Zhengguo ^a,b   Huang, Jinsong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOLEAD TRIHALIDE PEROVSKITE; PEROVSKITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DRAG; FILM; FUEL CELL; GRAIN SIZE; LOW TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTACT ANGLE; CRYSTAL; DENSITY; ELECTRONICS; FILM; FORCE; GENERAL DEVICE; ILLUMINATION; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

EID: 84937410225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8747     Document Type: Article

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