Spontaneous defect annihilation in CH3NH3PbI3 thin films at room temperature revealed by time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 482-486

  Yamada, Yasuhiro ^a   Endo, Masaru ^a   Wakamiya, Atsushi ^a   Kanemitsu, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; DYNAMICS; PEROVSKITE; PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

DEFECT ANNIHILATION; EXCITATION INTENSITY; NONRADIATIVE RECOMBINATION CENTERS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RECOMBINATION DYNAMICS; ROOM TEMPERATURE ANNEALING; TIME RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPIES; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84922568090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz5026596     Document Type: Article

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