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    Journals >Nano-Micro Letters >Volume 15 >Issue 1 >Page 206 > Article
    • Nano-Micro Letters
    • Vol. 15, Issue 1, 206 (2023)
    Progress and Challenges Toward Effective Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells
    Xiongjie Li1, Haixuan Yu1, Zhirong Liu1, Junyi Huang1..., Xiaoting Ma1, Yuping Liu1, Qiang Sun1, Letian Dai1, Shahzada Ahmad2,3, Yan Shen1 and Mingkui Wang1,*|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074 Hubei, People’s Republic of China
  • 2BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, University of Basque Country Science Park, 48940 Leioa, Spain
  • 3Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
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    DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01165-8 Cite this Article
    Xiongjie Li, Haixuan Yu, Zhirong Liu, Junyi Huang, Xiaoting Ma, Yuping Liu, Qiang Sun, Letian Dai, Shahzada Ahmad, Yan Shen, Mingkui Wang. Progress and Challenges Toward Effective Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2023, 15(1): 206 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Xiongjie Li, Haixuan Yu, Zhirong Liu, Junyi Huang, Xiaoting Ma, Yuping Liu, Qiang Sun, Letian Dai, Shahzada Ahmad, Yan Shen, Mingkui Wang. Progress and Challenges Toward Effective Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2023, 15(1): 206
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