Modeling Anomalous Hysteresis in Perovskite Solar Cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 3808-3814

  Van Reenen, Stephan ^a   Kemerink, Martijn ^b   Snaith, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

hysteresis; ions; perovskite; photovoltaics; solar cells; trapping

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; HYSTERESIS; IONS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PEROVSKITE; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TRAPPED IONS;

DRIFT-DIFFUSION MODEL; ELECTRONIC CARRIERS; ELECTRONIC CHARGES; HALIDE PEROVSKITES; ORGANIC-INORGANIC; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RECOMBINATION CENTERS; TRAPPING;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84942905579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01645     Document Type: Article

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