A molecularly engineered hole-transporting material for efficient perovskite solar cells

Nature Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Saliba, Michael ^a   Orlandi, Simonetta ^b   Matsui, Taisuke ^c   Aghazada, Sadig ^a   Cavazzini, Marco ^b   Correa Baena, Juan Pablo ^a   Gao, Peng ^a   Scopelliti, Rosario ^a   Mosconi, Edoardo ^b   Dahmen, Klaus Hermann ^d   De Angelis, Filippo ^b   Abate, Antonio ^a   Hagfeldt, Anders ^a   Pozzi, Gianluca ^b   Graetzel, Michael ^a   Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; HOLE MOBILITY; PEROVSKITE;

HOLE TRANSPORT MATERIALS; HOLE-TRANSPORTERS; HOLE-TRANSPORTING MATERIALS; LIGHT ABSORBERS; POSITIVE CHARGES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLUTION PROCESSABLE; SPIROBIFLUORENE;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 85074116508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20587546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2015.17     Document Type: Article

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