Photoinduced reversible structural transformations in free-standing CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite films

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2332-2338

  Gottesman, Ronen ^a   Gouda, Laxman ^a   Kalanoor, Basanth S ^a   Haltzi, Eynav ^a   Tirosh, Shay ^a   Rosh Hodesh, Eli ^a   Tischler, Yaakov ^a   Zaban, Arie ^a   Quarti, Claudio ^b   Mosconi, Edoardo ^b   De Angelis, Filippo ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

illumination; photoluminescence; Raman; solar cell; thin film

Indexed keywords

GLASS; LIGHTING; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

ELECTRONIC PROCESS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; LIGHT STRUCTURES; MOST PROBABLE EXPLANATION; PHOTOINDUCED STRUCTURAL CHANGES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; RAMAN; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84934907411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00994     Document Type: Article

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