Role of chloride in the morphological evolution of organo-lead halide perovskite thin films

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 10640-10654

  Williams, Spencer T ^a   Zuo, Fan ^a   Chueh, Chu Chen ^a   Liao, Chien Yi ^a   Liang, Po Wei ^a   Jen, Alex K Y ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

chloride; crystallization mechanism; electron diffraction; perovskite; planar heterojunction

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; FILM GROWTH; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IONS; PEROVSKITE; SELF ASSEMBLY; TEXTURES; THIN FILMS;

AGGREGATION IN SOLUTIONS; CARRIER DIFFUSION LENGTH; CHLORIDE; CRYSTALLIZATION MECHANISMS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC TEXTURES; ELEMENTAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

LEAD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84908430950     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5041922     Document Type: Article

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