Enhancing Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells to Moisture by the Facile Hydrophobic Passivation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 31, 2015, Pages 17330-17336

  Hwang, Insung ^a   Jeong, Inyoung ^a,b   Lee, Jinwoo ^a   Ko, Min Jae ^b,c   Yong, Kijung ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

degradation of perovskite; encapsulation; hydrophobicity; passivation; perovskite solar cell; stability

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENCAPSULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOISTURE; PASSIVATION; PEROVSKITE; PHOTODEGRADATION; STABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE; HYDROPHOBIC POLYMERS; PASSIVATION PROCESS; PEROVSKITE FILMS; POOR STABILITY; SPIN-COATING METHOD;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84939186341     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b04490     Document Type: Article

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