Observation and Mediation of the Presence of Metallic Lead in Organic-Inorganic Perovskite Films

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 13440-13444

  Sadoughi, Golnaz ^a   Starr, David E ^b   Handick, Evelyn ^b   Stranks, Samuel D ^a   Gorgoi, Mihaela ^b   Wilks, Regan G ^b   Bär, Marcus ^b,c   Snaith, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

metallic lead; methylammonium lead iodide chloride; perovskite solar cell; PLQE; XPS

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; METALS; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANNEALING PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; HARD X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; LEAD IODIDE; METALLIC LEADS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; PLQE; VALENCE-BAND MAXIMUMS;

PEROVSKITE;

EID: 84934969450     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02237     Document Type: Article

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