The impact of the crystallization processes on the structural and optical properties of hybrid perovskite films for photovoltaics

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 3836-3842

  Grancini, Giulia ^a   Marras, Sergio ^a   Prato, Mirko ^a   Giannini, Cinzia ^b   Quarti, Claudio ^b   De Angelis, Filippo ^b   De Bastiani, Michele ^a   Eperon, Giles E ^c   Snaith, Henry J ^c   Manna, Liberato ^a   Petrozza, Annamaria ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COMPOSITE FILMS; CRYSTALS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OXIDE FILMS; PEROVSKITE; PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS; POSITIVE IONS;

ANISOTROPIC SHAPES; CRYSTALLIZATION DYNAMICS; CRYSTALLIZATION MECHANISMS; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; HALIDE PEROVSKITES; ORGANIC-INORGANIC; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84908657019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz501877h     Document Type: Article

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