Low-Temperature Processed Brookite Interfacial Modification for Perovskite Solar Cells with Improved Performance
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experiment
2.1. Materials
2.2. Device Fabrication
2.3. Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Sample | Jsc (mA/cm2) | Voc (V) | FF | PCE (%) | PCEbest (%) |
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A | 19.16 ± 0.61 | 0.947 ± 0.029 | 0.4987 ± 0.03 | 9.09 ± 0.62 | 9.71 |
B | 21.57 ± 0.44 | 1.016 ± 0.054 | 0.6465 ± 0.04 | 14.16 ± 1.15 | 15.2 |
C | 19.99 ± 0.65 | 0.975 ± 0.018 | 0.5345 ± 0.04 | 10.42 ± 0.51 | 10.93 |
D | 20.49 ± 0.32 | 0.99 ± 0.019 | 0.5891 ± 0.04 | 11.98 ± 1.00 | 12.98 |
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Yang, J.; Wang, J.; Yang, W.; Zhu, Y.; Feng, S.; Su, P.; Fu, W. Low-Temperature Processed Brookite Interfacial Modification for Perovskite Solar Cells with Improved Performance. Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 3653. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12203653
Yang J, Wang J, Yang W, Zhu Y, Feng S, Su P, Fu W. Low-Temperature Processed Brookite Interfacial Modification for Perovskite Solar Cells with Improved Performance. Nanomaterials. 2022; 12(20):3653. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12203653
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Jiandong, Jun Wang, Wenshu Yang, Ying Zhu, Shuang Feng, Pengyu Su, and Wuyou Fu. 2022. "Low-Temperature Processed Brookite Interfacial Modification for Perovskite Solar Cells with Improved Performance" Nanomaterials 12, no. 20: 3653. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12203653