Direct observation of an inhomogeneous chlorine distribution in CH3NH3PbI3-xClx layers: Surface depletion and interface enrichment

Energy and Environmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1609-1615

  Starr, David E ^a   Sadoughi, Golnaz ^b   Handick, Evelyn ^a   Wilks, Regan G ^a   Alsmeier, Jan H ^a   Köhler, Leonard ^a   Gorgoi, Mihaela ^a   Snaith, Henry J ^b   Bär, Marcus ^a,c  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PEROVSKITE; PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS; PHOTONS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; FLUORESCENCE YIELD; HARD X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFACE ENRICHMENT; PEROVSKITE THIN FILMS; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; VARIATION OF INFORMATIONS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRON; FILM; FLUORESCENCE; INTERFACE; LEAD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OXIDE GROUP; PEROVSKITE; TITANIUM;

EID: 84928963613     PISSN: 17545692     EISSN: 17545706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5ee00403a     Document Type: Article

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