Perovskite oxide SrTiO3 as an efficient electron transporter for hybrid perovskite solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 49, 2014, Pages 28494-28501

  Bera, Ashok ^a   Wu, Kewei ^a   Sheikh, Arif ^a   Alarousu, Erkki ^a   Mohammed, Omar F ^a   Wu, Tom ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PEROVSKITE; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; STRONTIUM TITANATES;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT MATERIALS; ELECTRON TRANSPORTER; ELECTRON-TRANSPORTING LAYERS; PEROVSKITE LAYERS; PEROVSKITE OXIDES; SHUNT RESISTANCES; SURFACE COVERAGES; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84949117534     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp509753p     Document Type: Article

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