Thermal-Induced Volmer-Weber Growth Behavior for Planar Heterojunction Perovskites Solar Cells

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 5116-5121

  Zheng, Yi Chu ^a   Yang, Shuang ^a   Chen, Xiao ^a   Chen, Ying ^a   Hou, Yu ^a   Yang, Hua Gui ^a  

^a East China University of Science and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; PEROVSKITE; SOLAR CELLS; THERMAL ENERGY;

CASTING TECHNIQUES; CASTING TEMPERATURES; CENTRIFUGAL FIELDS; DEPOSITION PARAMETERS; FORMATION MECHANISM; GROWTH MECHANISMS; PEROVSKITE THIN FILMS; PRECURSOR SOLUTIONS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84937926747     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b01924     Document Type: Article

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