Facile route to freestanding CH3NH3PbI3 crystals using inverse solubility

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kadro, Jeannette M ^a   Nonomura, Kazuteru ^a   Gachet, David ^a   Grätzel, Michael ^a   Hagfeldt, Anders ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84934784477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11654     Document Type: Article

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