Solid-state physics perspective on hybrid perovskite semiconductors

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 10161-10177

  Even, Jacky ^a   Pedesseau, Laurent ^a   Katan, Claudine ^b   Kepenekian, Mikaël ^b   Lauret, Jean Sébastien ^c   Sapori, Daniel ^a   Deleporte, Emmanuelle ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE AIMÉ COTTON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PEROVSKITE;

CONFINEMENT POTENTIAL; DIELECTRIC CONFINEMENT; ELECTRONIC BAND GAPS; LATTICE DISTORTIONS; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PEROVSKITE STRUCTURES; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84929379586     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b00695     Document Type: Article

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