Performance enhancement of perovskite-sensitized mesoscopic solar cells using Nb-doped TiO2 compact layer

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1997-2003

  Yin, Xiong ^a   Guo, Yanjun ^a   Xue, Zhaosheng ^b   Xu, Peng ^a   He, Meng ^a   Liu, Bin ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

dense film; impedance spectroscopy; Nb doped TiO2 compact layer; perovskite solar cell; spraying pyrolysis deposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937525598     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0711-4     Document Type: Article

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