Rain on methylammonium lead iodide based perovskites: Possible environmental effects of perovskite solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1543-1547

  Hailegnaw, Bekele ^a   Kirmayer, Saar ^a   Edri, Eran ^a   Hodes, Gary ^a   Cahen, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

hybrid organic inorganic cells; lead pollution; perovskite cells; photovoltaic cells

Indexed keywords

LEAD; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RAIN;

ELECTRICAL POWER; GENERATING PLANTS; HALIDE PEROVSKITES; HYBRID ORGANIC-INORGANIC; LEAD IODIDE; LEAD POLLUTION; MODULE FAILURES; PEROVSKITE FILMS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84928997289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00504     Document Type: Article

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