Band Gap Tuning of CH3NH3Pb(Br1-xClx)3 Hybrid Perovskite for Blue Electroluminescence

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 13119-13124

  Kumawat, Naresh K ^a   Dey, Amrita ^a   Kumar, Aravindh ^a   Gopinathan, Sreelekha P ^a   Narasimhan, K L ^a   Kabra, Dinesh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

bandgap tuning; Blue PeLED; Bowing parameter; perovskite; Sommerfield factor; Urbach energy

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; EXCITONS; LEAD; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PEROVSKITE; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TUNING;

BAND-GAP TUNING; BLUE-PELED; BOWING PARAMETERS; SOMMERFIELD FACTOR; URBACH ENERGY;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 84932624179     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02159     Document Type: Article

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