Enhanced photoluminescence and solar cell performance via Lewis base passivation of organic-inorganic lead halide perovskites

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 9815-9821

  Noel, Nakita K ^a   Abate, Antonio ^a   Stranks, Samuel D ^a   Parrott, Elizabeth S ^a   Burlakov, Victor M ^a   Goriely, Alain ^a   Snaith, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coordinate bonding; defect sites; organic inorganic perovskite; perovskite solar cells; photoluminescence; surface passivation; under coordinated atoms

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALS; EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; METAL HALIDES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC MATERIALS; PASSIVATION; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PYRIDINE; THIOPHENE;

DEFECT SITES; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE LIFETIME; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84908432360     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5036476     Document Type: Article

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