Novel Carbazole-Based Hole-Transporting Materials with Star-Shaped Chemical Structures for Perovskite-Sensitized Solar Cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 40, 2015, Pages 22213-22217

  Kang, Min Soo ^a   Sung, Sang Do ^b   Choi, In Taek ^a   Kim, Hyoungjin ^a   Hong, Munpyo ^a   Kim, Jeongho ^b   Lee, Wan In ^b   Kim, Hwan Kyu ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

carbazole; charge transfer efficiency; hole transporting materials; perovskite sensitized solar cells; star shaped chemical structures

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; HOLE MOBILITY; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; STARS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

CARBAZOLE; CHARGE TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; HOLE-TRANSPORTING MATERIALS; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; STAR-SHAPED;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84944329095     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b04662     Document Type: Article

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