Two-step solvent post-treatment on PTAA for highly efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells

Yang Li; Chao Liang; Gaopeng Wang; Jielei Li; Shi Chen; Shihe Yang; Guichuan Xing; Hui Pan

doi:10.1364/PRJ.398529

Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 10, A39(2020)

Two-step solvent post-treatment on PTAA for highly efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells

Yang Li¹, Chao Liang¹, Gaopeng Wang², Jielei Li¹, Shi Chen¹, Shihe Yang², Guichuan Xing^1,4、*, and Hui Pan^1,3,5、*

¹Joint Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Macao SAR, 999078, China

²Guangdong Key Laboratory of Nano-Micro Material Research, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen 518055, China

³Department of Physics and Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macao SAR, 999078, China

⁴e-mail: gcxing@um.edu.mo

⁵e-mail: huipan@um.edu.mo

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Special Issue: PEROVSKITE PHOTONICS

Received: Jun. 2, 2020

Accepted: Jul. 13, 2020

Published Online: Sep. 18, 2020

The Author Email: Guichuan Xing (gcxing@um.edu.mo), Hui Pan (huipan@um.edu.mo)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.398529

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