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Unusual defect physics in CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cell absorber 2014 2026 2018 2022 2.2k
  1. Unusual defect physics in CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cell absorber (2014)
    Wan‐Jian Yin, Tingting Shi et al. Applied Physics Letters
  2. Unique Properties of Halide Perovskites as Possible Origins of the Superior Solar Cell Performance (2014)
    Wan‐Jian Yin, Tingting Shi et al. Advanced Materials
  3. Halide perovskite materials for solar cells: a theoretical review (2014)
    Wan‐Jian Yin, Ji‐Hui Yang et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  4. Low-Temperature Solution-Processed Tin Oxide as an Alternative Electron Transporting Layer for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells (2015)
    Weijun Ke, Guojia Fang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  5. Understanding the physical properties of hybrid perovskites for photovoltaic applications (2017)
    Jinsong Huang, Yongbo Yuan et al. Nature Reviews Materials
  6. An organic-inorganic perovskite ferroelectric with large piezoelectric response (2017)
    Yu‐Meng You, Wei‐Qiang Liao et al. Science
  7. Surface reaction for efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells (2022)
    Qi Jiang, Jinhui Tong et al. Nature
  8. From Lead Halide Perovskites to Lead‐Free Metal Halide Perovskites and Perovskite Derivatives (2019)
    Zewen Xiao, Zhaoning Song et al. Advanced Materials
  9. Thin-Film Preparation and Characterization of Cs3Sb2I9: A Lead-Free Layered Perovskite Semiconductor (2015)
    Bayrammurad Saparov, Feng Hong et al. Chemistry of Materials
  10. Lead‐Free Inverted Planar Formamidinium Tin Triiodide Perovskite Solar Cells Achieving Power Conversion Efficiencies up to 6.22% (2016)
    Wei‐Qiang Liao, Dewei Zhao et al. Advanced Materials
  11. Low-bandgap mixed tin–lead iodide perovskite absorbers with long carrier lifetimes for all-perovskite tandem solar cells (2017)
    Dewei Zhao, Yue Yu et al. Nature Energy
  12. Band Edge Electronic Structure of BiVO4: Elucidating the Role of the Bi s and V d Orbitals (2009)
    Aron Walsh, Yanfa Yan et al. Chemistry of Materials
  13. Searching for promising new perovskite-based photovoltaic absorbers: the importance of electronic dimensionality (2016)
    Zewen Xiao, Weiwei Meng et al. Materials Horizons
  14. Oxide perovskites, double perovskites and derivatives for electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, and photovoltaics (2018)
    Wan‐Jian Yin, Baicheng Weng et al. Energy & Environmental Science
  15. Nanostructured Fe3O4/SWNT Electrode: Binder‐Free and High‐Rate Li‐Ion Anode (2010)
    Chunmei Ban, Zhuangchun Wu et al. Advanced Materials
  16. Parity-Forbidden Transitions and Their Impact on the Optical Absorption Properties of Lead-Free Metal Halide Perovskites and Double Perovskites (2017)
    Weiwei Meng, Xiaoming Wang et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  17. Perovskite ink with wide processing window for scalable high-efficiency solar cells (2017)
    Mengjin Yang, Zhen Li et al. Nature Energy
  18. Employing Lead Thiocyanate Additive to Reduce the Hysteresis and Boost the Fill Factor of Planar Perovskite Solar Cells (2016)
    Weijun Ke, Chuanxiao Xiao et al. Advanced Materials
  19. Bandgap Engineering of Lead‐Free Double Perovskite Cs2AgBiBr6 through Trivalent Metal Alloying (2017)
    Ke‐Zhao Du, Weiwei Meng et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  20. Efficient two-terminal all-perovskite tandem solar cells enabled by high-quality low-bandgap absorber layers (2018)
    Dewei Zhao, Cong Chen et al. Nature Energy
  21. Trifluoroacetate induced small-grained CsPbBr3 perovskite films result in efficient and stable light-emitting devices (2019)
    Haoran Wang, Xiaoyu Zhang et al. Nature Communications
  22. Effective Carrier‐Concentration Tuning of SnO2 Quantum Dot Electron‐Selective Layers for High‐Performance Planar Perovskite Solar Cells (2018)
    Guang Yang, Cong Chen et al. Advanced Materials
  23. Electrical doping in halide perovskites (2021)
    Julie Euvrard, Yanfa Yan et al. Nature Reviews Materials
  24. Evolution of defects during the degradation of metal halide perovskite solar cells under reverse bias and illumination (2021)
    Zhenyi Ni, Haoyang Jiao et al. Nature Energy
  25. Reconfiguring the band-edge states of photovoltaic perovskites by conjugated organic cations (2021)
    Jingjing Xue, Rui Wang et al. Science
  26. Compositional texture engineering for highly stable wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells (2022)
    Qi Jiang, Jinhui Tong et al. Science
  27. Lead-chelating hole-transport layers for efficient and stable perovskite minimodules (2023)
    Chengbin Fei, Nengxu Li et al. Science
  28. Towards linking lab and field lifetimes of perovskite solar cells (2023)
    Qi Jiang, Robert Tirawat et al. Nature
  29. Mobile iodides capture for highly photolysis- and reverse-bias-stable perovskite solar cells (2024)
    Xiaoxue Ren, Jifei Wang et al. Nature Materials
  30. Multifunctional entinostat enhances the mechanical robustness and efficiency of flexible perovskite solar cells and minimodules (2024)
    Wenzhan Xu, Bo Chen et al. Nature Photonics
  31. Aqueous-based recycling of perovskite photovoltaics (2025)
    Xun Xiao, Niansheng Xu et al. Nature

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