Superior photovoltaic properties of lead halide perovskites: Insights from first-principles theory

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 5253-5264

  Yin, Wan Jian ^a   Shi, Tingting ^a   Yan, Yanfa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; LEAD COMPOUNDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PEROVSKITE; POINT DEFECTS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CARRIER DIFFUSION LENGTH; FIRST-PRINCIPLES THEORY; INTRINSIC POINT DEFECTS; N-TYPE CONDUCTIVITY; OPTICAL ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUMS;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84924600461     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp512077m     Document Type: Article

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