Microscopic Investigation of Grain Boundaries in Organolead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 51, 2015, Pages 28518-28523

  Li, Jiang Jun ^a   Ma, Jing Yuan ^a   Ge, Qian Qing ^a   Hu, Jin Song ^a   Wang, Dong ^a   Wan, Li Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

c AFM; CPD; GBs; KPFM; perovskite solar cells; photocurrent

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOCURRENTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

AFM; CONDUCTIVE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; CPD; GBS; KELVIN PROBE FORCE MICROSCOPY; KPFM; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84952884900     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09801     Document Type: Article

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