Tailoring of Electron-Collecting Oxide Nanoparticulate Layer for Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1845-1851

  Shin, Seong Sik ^a,b   Yang, Woon Seok ^a,c   Yeom, Eun Joo ^a,d   Lee, Seon Joo ^a   Jeon, Nam Joong ^a   Joo, Young Chang ^b   Park, Ik Jae ^b   Noh, Jun Hong ^a   Seok, Sang Il ^a,c  

^a Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; FABRICATION; PEROVSKITE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; TEMPERATURE; TIN OXIDES;

DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ELECTRON COLLECTION LAYERS; ELECTRON TRANSPORTING; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; LOW TEMPERATURE SOLUTIONS; PERFORMANCE OF LOW TEMPERATURES; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; STEADY-STATE POWER;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84971201123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00295     Document Type: Article

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