Interface-dependent ion migration/accumulation controls hysteresis in MAPbI3 solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 30, 2016, Pages 16399-16411

  Levine, Igal ^a   Nayak, Pabitra K ^b   Wang, Jacob Tse Wei ^b   Sakai, Nobuya ^b   Van Reenen, Stephan ^b   Brenner, Thomas M ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Sabyasachi ^a   Snaith, Henry J ^b   Hodes, Gary ^a   Cahen, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; HYSTERESIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); IONS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC MATERIALS; PEROVSKITE; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTRON CONDUCTING; HYBRID ORGANIC-INORGANIC; INORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; MEASUREMENT TEMPERATURES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RATE DETERMINING STEP; RECOMBINATION MECHANISMS; SPACE CHARGE REGIONS;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84980583034     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b04233     Document Type: Article

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