A lead-halide perovskite molecular ferroelectric semiconductor

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Liao, Wei Qiang ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Hu, Chun Li ^b   Mao, Jiang Gao ^b   Ye, Heng Yun ^a   Li, Peng Fei ^a   Huang, Songping D ^c   Xiong, Ren Gen ^a,c  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALIDE; LEAD; PEROVSKITE; TIN DERIVATIVE;

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HYBRID; PHASE TRANSITION; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 84930661309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8338     Document Type: Article

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