The optoelectronic role of chlorine in CH3NH3PbI3 (Cl)-based perovskite solar cells

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chen, Qi ^a,b   Zhou, Huanping ^a,b   Fang, Yihao ^a,b   Stieg, Adam Z ^b,c   Song, Tze Bin ^a,b   Wang, Hsin Hua ^a,b   Xu, Xiaobao ^a,b   Liu, Yongsheng ^a,b   Lu, Shirong ^a,b   You, Jingbi ^a   Sun, Pengyu ^a   McKay, Jeff ^a   Goorsky, Mark S ^a   Yang, Yang ^a,b  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; HALIDE; PEROVSKITE;

CHLORINE; FILM; FUEL CELL; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; KELVIN PROBE FORCE MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELL; TIME RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84931269230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8269     Document Type: Article

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