Decreasing Charge Losses in Perovskite Solar Cells Through mp-TiO2/MAPI Interface Engineering

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 207-213

  Marin Beloqui, Jose Manuel ^a   Lanzetta, Luis ^a   Palomares, Emilio ^a,b  

^a BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COATINGS; EFFICIENCY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PEROVSKITE; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BACK ELECTRON TRANSFER; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CONDUCTION BAND EDGE; DIFFERENTIAL CHARGING; INTERFACE ENGINEERING; IRRADIATION CONDITIONS; PHOTO-INDUCED CHARGE; RECOMBINATION KINETICS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84954440385     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03902     Document Type: Article

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