Direct observation of ferroelectric domains in solution-processed CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite thin films

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 3335-3339

  Kutes, Yasemin ^a   Ye, Linghan ^a   Zhou, Yuanyuan ^b   Pang, Shuping ^c   Huey, Bryan D ^a   Padture, Nitin P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

^c QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

ferroelectric domains; ferroelectricity; hybrid perovskite; photovoltaics; piezoforce microscopy; piezoresponse

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC FILMS; PEROVSKITE; PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIN FILMS;

FERROELECTRIC BEHAVIOR; FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS; FERROELECTRIC PROPERTY; PEROVSKITE THIN FILMS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PIEZOFORCE MICROSCOPY; PIEZORESPONSE; REVERSIBLE SWITCHING;

FERROELECTRICITY;

EID: 84907849049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz501697b     Document Type: Article

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