Recent Advances in the Inverted Planar Structure of Perovskite Solar Cells

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 155-165

  Meng, Lei ^a   You, Jingbi ^a,b   Guo, Tzung Fang ^c   Yang, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84955247450     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5b00404     Document Type: Article

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