Core/Shell Structured TiO2/CdS Electrode to Enhance the Light Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 50, 2015, Pages 27863-27870

  Hwang, Insung ^a   Baek, Minki ^a   Yong, Kijung ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

core shell structure; light stability; light soaking profile; perovskite solar cell; surface defects

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; OXYGEN VACANCIES; PEROVSKITE; PHOTODEGRADATION; STABILITY; SURFACE DEFECTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CHARGE LOSS; CORE/SHELL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON KINETICS; ENCAPSULATED CELL; INITIAL EFFICIENCY; LIGHT SOAKING; LIGHT STABILITY; SOLUTION-BASED PROCESS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84952650273     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09442     Document Type: Article

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