Cesium Lead Halide Perovskites with Improved Stability for Tandem Solar Cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 746-751

  Beal, Rachel E ^a   Slotcavage, Daniel J ^a   Leijtens, Tomas ^a   Bowring, Andrea R ^a   Belisle, Rebecca A ^a   Nguyen, William H ^a   Burkhard, George F ^a   Hoke, Eric T ^a   McGehee, Michael D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; ENERGY GAP; LEAD; PEROVSKITE; PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SOLAR CELLS;

DOUBLE-JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HALIDE CONCENTRATION; METHYLAMMONIUM CATIONS; OPERATIONAL WINDOWS; OPTICAL INSTABILITY; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SINGLE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; SOLUTION PROCESSABLE;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CESIUM; HALOGEN; LEAD; OXIDE; PEROVSKITE; TITANIUM;

CHEMISTRY; SOLAR ENERGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CESIUM; HALOGENS; LEAD; OXIDES; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84960113604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00002     Document Type: Article

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