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Age-induced excellence with green solvents: the impact of residual solvent and post-treatments in screen-printed carbon perovskite solar cells and modules

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DOI (Published version): 10.1039/d4ma00136b

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Printable mesoscopic carbon perovskite solar cells (CPSCs) are cited as a potential frontrunner to commercialisation, as they are fabricated using low-cost screen printing. CPSCs produced using different perovskite precursor solvents benefit from different post-treatments. For example, cells made wi...

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spellingShingle Age-induced excellence with green solvents: the impact of residual solvent and post-treatments in screen-printed carbon perovskite solar cells and modules
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