First-principles calculation of the bulk photovoltaic effect in CH3NH3PbI3 and CH3NH3PbI3-xClx

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 31-37

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CHLORINE; EFFICIENCY; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

CURRENT RESPONSE; DOMINANT MECHANISM; EQUATORIAL SITES; FIRST PRINCIPLES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HALIDE PEROVSKITES; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

LEAD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84927589197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz502109e     Document Type: Article

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