High-efficiency two-dimensional ruddlesden-popper perovskite solar cells

Nature

Volumn 536, Issue 7616, 2016, Pages 312-317

  Tsai, Hsinhan ^a,b   Nie, Wanyi ^a   Blancon, Jean Christophe ^a   Stoumpos, Constantinos C ^c,d   Asadpour, Reza ^e   Harutyunyan, Boris ^c,d   Neukirch, Amanda J ^a   Verduzco, Rafael ^b   Crochet, Jared J ^a   Tretiak, Sergei ^a   Pedesseau, Laurent ^f   Even, Jacky ^f   Alam, Muhammad A ^e   Gupta, Gautam ^a   Lou, Jun ^b   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^b   Bedzyk, Michael J ^c,d   Kanatzidis, Mercouri G ^c,d   Mohite, Aditya D ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEROVSKITE; TWO DIMENSIONAL RUDDLESDEN POPPER PEROVSKITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CRYSTALLINITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FILM; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOLAR POWER; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CURRENT DENSITY; DEGRADATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENCAPSULATION; FILM; HEAT STRESS; HUMIDITY; HYSTERESIS; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; SOLAR CELL; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84978100651     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature18306     Document Type: Article

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