Low-temperature processed solar cells with formamidinium tin halide perovskite/fullerene heterojunctions

Nano Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1570-1577

  Zhang, Meng ^a   Lyu, Miaoqiang ^a   Yun, Jung Ho ^a   Noori, Mahir ^b   Zhou, Xiaojing ^b   Cooling, Nathan A ^b   Wang, Qiong ^a   Yu, Hua ^b   Dastoor, Paul C ^a   Wang, Lianzhou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

fullerene; lead free perovskite; low temperature process; molybdenum oxide; perovskite solar cells

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; PEROVSKITE; TEMPERATURE; TIN COMPOUNDS;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYERS; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HOLE TRANSPORT LAYERS; LEAD-FREE PEROVSKITES; LOW TEMPERATURE ANNEALING; LOW- TEMPERATURE PROCESS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84962279568     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-016-1051-8     Document Type: Article

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