Enhancing fully printable mesoscopic perovskite solar cell performance using integrated metallic grids to improve carbon electrode conductivity

Raptis, Dimitrios; Stoichkov, Vasil; Meroni, Simone; Pockett, Adam; Worsley, Carys; Carnie, Matt; Worsley, David; Watson, Trystan

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Enhancing fully printable mesoscopic perovskite solar cell performance using integrated metallic grids to improve carbon electrode conductivity

Dimitrios Raptis, Vasil Stoichkov, Simone Meroni

, Adam Pockett, Carys Worsley, Matt Carnie

, David Worsley

, Trystan Watson

Current Applied Physics, Volume: 20, Issue: 5, Pages: 619 - 627

Swansea University Authors: Dimitrios Raptis, Vasil Stoichkov, Simone Meroni , Adam Pockett, Carys Worsley, Matt Carnie , David Worsley , Trystan Watson

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Carbon based Perovskite Solar cells (C–PSCs) have emerged as the most promising candidates for commercialisation in the field of perovskite photovoltaics, as they are highly stable, low cost and make use of easily scaled manufacturing techniques. However, the limited conductivity of the carbon elect...

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