Light-activated photocurrent degradation and self-healing in perovskite solar cells

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Nie, Wanyi ^a   Blancon, Jean Christophe ^a   Neukirch, Amanda J ^b   Appavoo, Kannatassen ^c   Tsai, Hsinhan ^a   Chhowalla, Manish ^d   Alam, Muhammad A ^e   Sfeir, Matthew Y ^c   Katan, Claudine ^f   Even, Jacky ^g   Tretiak, Sergei ^b   Crochet, Jared J ^a   Gupta, Gautam ^a   Mohite, Aditya D ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Piscataway   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PEROVSKITE;

ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; FILM; PEROVSKITE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FILM; HYBRID; ILLUMINATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TECHNOLOGY;

PRUNELLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 84974604959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11574     Document Type: Article

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