Strong room-temperature ultraviolet to red excitons from inorganic organic-layered perovskites, (R-NH3)2MX4 (M=Pb2+, Sn2+, Hg2+; X=I-, Br -)

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ahmad, Shahab ^a   Prakash, G Vijaya ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

inorganic organic hybrids; layered structures; multiple quantum wells; photoluminescence; photonic materials; room temperature excitons

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BINDING ENERGY; EXCITONS; METAL HALIDES; METAL IONS; METALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION; DIELECTRIC CONFINEMENT; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; EXCITON-BINDING ENERGY; INORGANIC-ORGANIC HYBRID; LAYERED STRUCTURES; PHOTONIC MATERIALS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION DATA;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 84897788683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JNP.8.083892     Document Type: Article

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