Flexible high power-per-weight perovskite solar cells with chromium oxide-metal contacts for improved stability in air

Nature Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1032-1039

  Kaltenbrunner, Martin ^a   Adam, Getachew ^a   Głowacki, Eric Daniel ^a   Drack, Michael ^a   Schwödiauer, Reinhard ^a   Leonat, Lucia ^a   Apaydin, Dogukan Hazar ^a   Groiss, Heiko ^a   Scharber, Markus Clark ^a   White, Matthew Schuette ^a   Sariciftci, Niyazi Serdar ^a   Bauer, Siegfried ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES; CHROMIUM; METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; PEROVSKITE; POLYMER FILMS; TEMPERATURE;

ABSORBING MATERIALS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; HALIDE PEROVSKITES; INDUSTRIAL MONITORING; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; SECURITY APPLICATION; TRANSPARENT POLYMER; ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHTS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84942194817     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4388     Document Type: Article

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