The expanding world of hybrid perovskites: Materials properties and emerging applications

MRS Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-26

  Brittman, Sarah ^a   Adhyaksa, Gede Widia Pratama ^a   Garnett, Erik Christian ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HYBRID MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PEROVSKITE; SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

EID: 84926261163     PISSN: 21596859     EISSN: 21596867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2015.6     Document Type: Review

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