Hole-conductor-free, metal-electrode-free TiO2/CH3NH3PbI3 heterojunction solar cells based on a low-temperature carbon electrode

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 3241-3246

  Zhou, Huawei ^a   Shi, Yantao ^a   Dong, Qingshun ^a   Zhang, Hong ^a   Xing, Yujin ^a   Wang, Kai ^a   Du, Yi ^a   Ma, Tingli ^a,b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PEROVSKITE; PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DIRECT PREPARATION; FABRICATION PROCESS; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ORGANIC-INORGANIC; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; SOLUTION-PROCESSED;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84990862308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz5017069     Document Type: Article

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