Well-Organized Mesoporous TiO2 Photoanode by Using Amphiphilic Graft Copolymer for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 9619-9627

  Chung, Chih Chun ^a   Lee, Chang Soo ^b   Jokar, Efat ^a   Kim, Jong Hak ^b   Diau, Eric Wei Guang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILM THICKNESS; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PEROVSKITE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; PORE SIZE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AMPHIPHILIC GRAFT COPOLYMERS; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PRE-WETTING TREATMENT; SACRIFICIAL TEMPLATES; SEQUENTIAL DEPOSITION; TRANSIENT PHOTOVOLTAGE;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84971287266     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b01980     Document Type: Article

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