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Vol. 16, Issue 1, 191 (2024)

TiO2 Electron Transport Layer with p–n Homojunctions for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

Wenhao Zhao¹, Pengfei Guo^1,4,*, Jiahao Wu¹, Deyou Lin¹..., Ning Jia¹, Zhiyu Fang¹, Chong Liu¹, Qian Ye¹, Jijun Zou³, Yuanyuan Zhou² and Hongqiang Wang^1,4,**|Show fewer author(s)

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¹State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Center for Nano Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University and Shaanxi Joint Laboratory of Graphene (NPU), Xi’an 710072, People’s Republic of China

²Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China

³Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People’s Republic of China

⁴Chongqing Innovation Center of Northwestern, Polytechnical University, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Chongqing 401135, People’s Republic of China

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Wenhao Zhao, Pengfei Guo, Jiahao Wu, Deyou Lin, Ning Jia, Zhiyu Fang, Chong Liu, Qian Ye, Jijun Zou, Yuanyuan Zhou, Hongqiang Wang. TiO2 Electron Transport Layer with p–n Homojunctions for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 191 Copy Citation Text

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Wenhao Zhao, Pengfei Guo, Jiahao Wu, Deyou Lin, Ning Jia, Zhiyu Fang, Chong Liu, Qian Ye, Jijun Zou, Yuanyuan Zhou, Hongqiang Wang. TiO2 Electron Transport Layer with p–n Homojunctions for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 191

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