Covalently Functionalized SWCNTs as Tailored p-Type Dopants for Perovskite Solar Cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 41, 2016, Pages 27966-27973

  Miletić, Tanja ^a,b   Pavoni, Eleonora ^c   Trifiletti, Vanira ^d   Rizzo, Aurora ^e   Listorti, Andrea ^d,e   Colella, Silvia ^d,e   Armaroli, Nicola ^c   Bonifazi, Davide ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Istituto Per La Sintesi Organica E La Fotoreattività   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

chemical stability; covalent functionalization; hole transport materials; p type doping; perovskite solar cells; photovoltaics; SWCNTs

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PEROVSKITE; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; YARN;

COVALENT FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; HOLE TRANSPORT MATERIALS; P-TYPE DOPING; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SWCNTS;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84992186941     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b08398     Document Type: Article

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