Self-formed grain boundary healing layer for highly efficient CH3 NH3 PbI3 perovskite solar cells

Nature Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Son, Dae Yong ^a   Lee, Jin Wook ^a   Choi, Yung Ji ^b   Jang, In Hyuk ^a   Lee, Seonhee ^a   Yoo, Pil J ^c   Shin, Hyunjung ^a   Ahn, Namyoung ^d   Choi, Mansoo ^d   Kim, Dongho ^b   Park, Nam Gyu ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PEROVSKITE; PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTRON EXTRACTION; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; PEROVSKITE THIN FILMS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PRECURSOR SOLUTIONS; RECOMBINATION AND TRAPPING; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SOLUTION-PROCESSED;

LEAD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84983448441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20587546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2016.81     Document Type: Article

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