A Physics-Based Analytical Model for Perovskite Solar Cells

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1389-1394

  Sun, Xingshu ^a   Asadpour, Reza ^a   Nie, Wanyi ^b   Mohite, Aditya D ^b   Alam, Muhammad Ashraful ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical model; characterization; drift diffusion; Panel simulation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; CHARACTERIZATION; PEROVSKITE;

ABSORBER MATERIAL; CARRIER COLLECTION; DRIFT DIFFUSION; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; PANEL SIMULATION; PERFORMANCE BOTTLENECKS; SELECTIVE TRANSPORT; SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84940031544     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2451000     Document Type: Article

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