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Vol. 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,*|Show fewer author(s)

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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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Yang Li, Chao Liang, Gaopeng Wang, Jielei Li, Shi Chen, Shihe Yang, Guichuan Xing, Hui Pan, "Two-step solvent post-treatment on PTAA for highly efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells," Photonics Res. 8, A39 (2020) Copy Citation Text

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