Overcoming Short-Circuit in Lead-Free CH3NH3SnI3 Perovskite Solar Cells via Kinetically Controlled Gas-Solid Reaction Film Fabrication Process

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 776-782

  Yokoyama, Takamichi ^a,b   Cao, Duyen H ^a   Stoumpos, Constantinos C ^a   Song, Tze Bin ^a   Sato, Yoshiharu ^b   Aramaki, Shinji ^b   Kanatzidis, Mercouri G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; PEROVSKITE; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CELLS; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS; TIN;

CIRCUIT BEHAVIORS; FILM CONDUCTIVITY; GAS-SOLID REACTION; KINETICALLY CONTROLLED; PEROVSKITE FILMS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE COVERAGES;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84960158111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00118     Document Type: Article

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