A closer look into two-step perovskite conversion with X-ray scattering

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1265-1269

  Schlipf, Johannes ^a   Docampo, Pablo ^b   Schaffer, Christoph J ^a   Körstgens, Volker ^a   Bießmann, Lorenz ^a   Hanusch, Fabian ^b   Giesbrecht, Nadja ^b   Bernstorff, Sigrid ^c   Bein, Thomas ^b   Müller Buschbaum, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

confined growth; conversion; crystal size; GISAXS; Ostwald ripening; perovskite solar cell

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYBRID MATERIALS; IODINE COMPOUNDS; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; OSTWALD RIPENING; PEROVSKITE; SHIP CONVERSION; X RAY SCATTERING;

ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS; CONFINED GROWTH; CRYSTAL SIZE; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; DEPOSITION METHODS; GI-SAXS; GRAZING INCIDENCE SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84926660755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00329     Document Type: Article

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