Correlated electron-hole plasma in organometal perovskites

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Saba, Michele ^a   Cadelano, Michele ^a   Marongiu, Daniela ^a   Chen, Feipeng ^a   Sarritzu, Valerio ^a   Sestu, Nicola ^a   Figus, Cristiana ^a   Aresti, Mauro ^a   Piras, Roberto ^a   Geddo Lehmann, Alessandra ^a   Cannas, Carla ^a   Musinu, Anna ^a   Quochi, Francesco ^a   Mura, Andrea ^a   Bongiovanni, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; PEROVSKITE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRON; FUEL CELL; LUMINESCENCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PEROVSKITE; PLASMA; THRESHOLD;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; ELECTRON; ENERGY CONVERSION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PLASMA; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84923381257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6049     Document Type: Article

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