Organometallic halide perovskites: Sharp optical absorption edge and its relation to photovoltaic performance

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1035-1039

  De Wolf, Stefaan ^a   Holovsky, Jakub ^b   Moon, Soo Jin ^c   Löper, Philipp ^a   Niesen, Bjoern ^a   Ledinsky, Martin ^a,b   Haug, Franz Josef ^a   Yum, Jun Ho ^c   Ballif, Christophe ^a,c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique (CSEM)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

absorption; band edge; bandgap; perovskites; solar cells; stability; Urbach energy

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; BAND EDGE; OPTICAL ABSORPTION EDGE; PHOTOCURRENT SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOTHERMAL DEFLECTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; URBACH ENERGY;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; ORGANOMETALLICS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

PEROVSKITE;

EID: 84897824697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz500279b     Document Type: Article

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