Elucidating the reaction pathways in the synthesis of organolead trihalide perovskite for high-performance solar cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wang, Baohua ^a   Young Wong, King ^a   Xiao, Xudong ^a   Chen, Tao ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84930641791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10557     Document Type: Article

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