Extremely slow photoconductivity response of CH3NH 3PbI3 perovskites suggesting structural changes under working conditions

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 2662-2669

  Gottesman, Ronen ^a   Haltzi, Eynav ^a   Gouda, Laxman ^a   Tirosh, Shay ^a   Bouhadana, Yaniv ^a   Zaban, Arie ^a   Mosconi, Edoardo ^b   De Angelis, Filippo ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

dipole alignment; light harvesting material; photoconductivity; solar cells

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GOLD DEPOSITS; PEROVSKITE; SCAFFOLDS; SOLAR CELLS;

AU ELECTRODES; DFT CALCULATION; DIPOLE ALIGNMENT; LIGHT-HARVESTING; MEASUREMENTS OF; PEROVSKITE STRUCTURES; PHOTOSTABLE; STRONG DEPENDENCES;

PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84905722158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz501373f     Document Type: Article

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