Millisecond-pulsed photonically-annealed tin oxide electron transport layers for efficient perovskite solar cells

Zhu, Menghua; Liu, Weiwei; Ke, Weijun; Clark, Sarah; Secor, Ethan B.; Song, Tze-Bin; Kanatzidis, Mercouri G.; Li, Xin; Hersam, Mark C.

doi:10.1039/c7ta07969a

Millisecond-pulsed photonically-annealed tin oxide electron transport layers for efficient perovskite solar cells

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2017 · Journal of Materials Chemistry. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta07969a· OSTI ID:1470381

Zhu, Menghua ^[1]; Liu, Weiwei ^[1]; ^[2]; Clark, Sarah ^[3]; Secor, Ethan B. ^[3]; ^[2]; ^[4]; Li, Xin ^[5]; ^[4]

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; State Key Lab of Urban Water Resource and Environment; Harbin Institute of Technology; China; Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Chemistry; Northwestern University; Evanston; USA
Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Northwestern University; Evanston; USA
Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Northwestern University; Evanston; USA; Department of Chemistry
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; State Key Lab of Urban Water Resource and Environment; Harbin Institute of Technology; China

A rapid, low-temperature, solution-based photonic-annealing method is developed to prepare tin oxide electron transport layers for efficient perovskite solar cells.

Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center (ANSER)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE SC Office of Basic Energy Sciences (SC-22)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0001059

OSTI ID:: 1470381

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A Journal Issue: 46 Vol. 5; ISSN JMCAET; ISSN 2050-7488

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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