Carrier separation and transport in perovskite solar cells studied by nanometre-scale profiling of electrical potential

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Jiang, Chun Sheng ^a   Yang, Mengjin ^a   Zhou, Yuanyuan ^b   To, Bobby ^a   Nanayakkara, Sanjini U ^a   Luther, Joseph M ^a   Zhou, Weilie ^c   Berry, Joseph J ^a   Van De Lagemaat, Jao ^a   Padture, Nitin P ^b   Zhu, Kai ^a   Al Jassim, Mowafak M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; PEROVSKITE;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELL; MOBILITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PEROVSKITE; SOLAR POWER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; POROSITY; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; SOLAR CELL; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

EID: 84942802990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9397     Document Type: Article

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