{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Wang S"],"funding":["National Natural Science Foundation of China"],"pagination":["12544-12551"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9040431"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12(20)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Spinel NiCo<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> is a promising p-type semiconductor for optoelectronic devices; however, it is difficult to prepare uniform and large-area NiCo<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> films, which hinders its application as a hole transport material for perovskite solar cells (PSCs). In this study, a novel, mild, and low-cost KCl-assisted electrochemical deposition (ECD) approach was developed to directly prepare a uniform NiCo<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> film on a fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate. A uniform NiCo<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> film prepared through an ECD approach was used as a hole-transport layer (HTL) in inverted PSCs. The resulting NiCo<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> HTL-based device achieved a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 19.24% with negligible hysteresis and e"],"journal":["RSC advances"],"pubmed_title":["NiCo<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> thin film prepared by electrochemical deposition as a hole-transport layer for efficient inverted perovskite solar cells."],"pmcid":["PMC9040431"],"funding_grant_id":["22172011"],"pubmed_authors":["Sun L","Shan Y","Wang S","Li F","Liu C","Wang L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"NiCo<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> thin film prepared by electrochemical deposition as a hole-transport layer for efficient inverted perovskite solar cells.","description":"Spinel NiCo<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> is a promising p-type semiconductor for optoelectronic devices; however, it is difficult to prepare uniform and large-area NiCo<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> films, which hinders its application as a hole transport material for perovskite solar cells (PSCs). In this study, a novel, mild, and low-cost KCl-assisted electrochemical deposition (ECD) approach was developed to directly prepare a uniform NiCo<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> film on a fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate. A uniform NiCo<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> film prepared through an ECD approach was used as a hole-transport layer (HTL) in inverted PSCs. The resulting NiCo<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> HTL-based device achieved a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 19.24% with negligible hysteresis and e","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Apr","modification":"2025-04-26T04:01:57.818Z","creation":"2025-04-06T10:57:10.213Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9040431","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35480368"],"doi":["10.1039/d2ra01816k"]}}