Self-Position of Au NPs in Perovskite Solar Cells: Optical and Electrical Contribution

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 449-454

  Lee, Da Seul ^a,d   Kim, Wanjung ^a   Cha, Bong Geun ^a   Kwon, Jeong ^a   Kim, Sung June ^b   Kim, Min ^d   Kim, Jaeyun ^a   Wang, Dong Hwan ^c   Park, Jong Hyeok ^d  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

gold nanoparticles; hole transport layer; metallic nanoparticles; perovskite solar cells; plasmonic; self position

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; HOLE MOBILITY; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOPARTICLES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMONS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HOLE TRANSPORT LAYERS; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONIC; SELF-POSITION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84954430920     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09365     Document Type: Article

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