Ferroelectric domain wall induced band gap reduction and charge separation in organometal halide perovskites

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 693-699

  Liu, Shi ^a   Zheng, Fan ^a   Koocher, Nathan Z ^a   Takenaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Wang, Fenggong ^a   Rappe, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

density functional theory; domain engineering; electron hole separation; electronic structure; perovskite solar cells

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CELL ENGINEERING; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; LEAD COMPOUNDS; LEAD METALLOGRAPHY; PEROVSKITE; PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY;

DOMAIN ENGINEERING; ELECTRON-HOLE SEPARATION; ELECTRONIC BAND GAPS; FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERINGS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES;

DOMAIN WALLS;

EID: 84923382647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz502666j     Document Type: Article

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