Elusive presence of chloride in mixed halide perovskite solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 3532-3538

  Colella, Silvia ^a   Mosconi, Edoardo ^a   Pellegrino, Giovanna ^b   Alberti, Alessandra ^b   Guerra, Valentino L P ^a,e   Masi, Sofia ^a,c,e   Listorti, Andrea ^a,c   Rizzo, Aurora ^a   Condorelli, Guglielmo Guido ^d   De Angelis, Filippo ^a   Gigli, Giuseppe ^a,c,e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CNR IMM   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

chloride; DFT investigations; perovskites; photovoltaics; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; LEAD COMPOUNDS; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANGLE-RESOLVED X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CHARGE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; CHLORIDE; DFT CALCULATION; DFT INVESTIGATIONS; FIRST PRINCIPLES; HALIDE PEROVSKITES; PHOTOVOLTAICS;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84908063172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz501869f     Document Type: Article

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