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High Performance Perovskite Solar Cells through Surface Modification, Mixed Solvent Engineering and Nanobowl-Assisted Light Harvesting

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In spite of the phenomenal efficiency progression of the organometal halide perovskite-based solar cells (PSCs) over the past few years, detailed understanding of the working mechanisms and effective measures to overcome the main weaknesses such as the long-term instability are of central importance. This paper provides a brief review of our most recent research on high-performance PSCs including the diethanolamine-modification of NiO surface, the mixed solvent engineering and the mesoporous TiO2 nanobowl (NB) array assisted light harvesting.

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    Xianghong He, Yang Bai, Haining Chen, Xiaoli Zheng & Shihe Yang

  2. School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213001, China

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He, X., Bai, Y., Chen, H. et al. High Performance Perovskite Solar Cells through Surface Modification, Mixed Solvent Engineering and Nanobowl-Assisted Light Harvesting. MRS Advances 1, 3175–3184 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1557/adv.2016.318

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