On the Question of the Need for a Built‐In Potential in Perovskite Solar Cells

Sandberg, Oskar; Kurpiers, Jona; Stolterfoht, Martin; Neher, Dieter; Meredith, Paul; Shoaee, Safa; Armin, Ardalan

doi:10.1002/admi.202000041

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On the Question of the Need for a Built‐In Potential in Perovskite Solar Cells

Oskar Sandberg

, Jona Kurpiers, Martin Stolterfoht, Dieter Neher, Paul Meredith

, Safa Shoaee, Ardalan Armin

Advanced Materials Interfaces, Volume: 7, Issue: 10, Start page: 2000041

Swansea University Authors: Oskar Sandberg , Paul Meredith , Ardalan Armin

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Perovskite semiconductors as the active materials in efficient solar cells exhibit free carrier diffusion lengths on the order of microns at low illumination fluxes and many hundreds of nanometers under 1 sun conditions. These lengthscales are significantly larger than typical junction thicknesses,...

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