High-efficiency inverted semi-transparent planar perovskite solar cells in substrate configuration

Nature Energy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Fu, Fan ^a   Feurer, Thomas ^a   Weiss, Thomas Paul ^a   Pisoni, Stefano ^a   Avancini, Enrico ^a   Andres, Christian ^a   Buecheler, Stephan ^a   Tiwari, Ayodhya N ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PEROVSKITE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILM CIRCUITS; THIN FILMS;

CHARGE SELECTIVE; DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; DEVICE PROCESSING; ELECTRONIC QUALITY; FLEXIBLE POLYMERS; SEMI-TRANSPARENT; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; THIN FILM TANDEMS;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 85010912520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20587546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2016.190     Document Type: Article

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