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Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 38, Issue 9, 1089(2023)

Controlling Vertical Composition Gradients in Sn-Pb Mixed Perovskite Solar Cells via Solvent Engineering

Xiaodong DAI1,2, Luwei ZHANG2, Yicheng QIAN2, Zhixin REN2, Huanqi CAO2、*, and Shougen YIN2
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  • 11. School of Science, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
  • 22. Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices (Ministry of Education), Tianjin Key Laboratory for Photoelectric Materials and Devices, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Function Materials Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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    Xiaodong DAI, Luwei ZHANG, Yicheng QIAN, Zhixin REN, Huanqi CAO, Shougen YIN. Controlling Vertical Composition Gradients in Sn-Pb Mixed Perovskite Solar Cells via Solvent Engineering [J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2023, 38(9): 1089

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    Received: Nov. 28, 2022

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    Published Online: Mar. 6, 2024

    The Author Email: Huanqi CAO (caoh@tjut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.15541/jim20220710

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