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Multifunctional Inverse Opal-Like TiO2 Electron Transport Layer for Efficient Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells.

ABSTRACT: A novel multifunctional inverse opal-like TiO2 electron transport layer (IOT-ETL) is designed to replace the traditional compact layer and mesoporous scaffold layer in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Improved light harvesting efficiency and charge transporting performance in IOT-ETL based PSCs yield high power conversion efficiency of 13.11%.

SUBMITTER: Chen X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5115377 | biostudies-other | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Multifunctional Inverse Opal-Like TiO2 Electron Transport Layer for Efficient Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells.

Chen Xiao X Yang Shuang S Zheng Yi Chu YC Chen Ying Y Hou Yu Y Yang Xiao Hua XH Yang Hua Gui HG

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 20150617 9

A novel multifunctional inverse opal-like TiO2 electron transport layer (IOT-ETL) is designed to replace the traditional compact layer and mesoporous scaffold layer in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Improved light harvesting efficiency and charge transporting performance in IOT-ETL based PSCs yield high power conversion efficiency of 13.11%. ...[more]

PMID: 27980973

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