Identification of trap states in perovskite solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2350-2354

  Baumann, Andreas ^a   Väth, Stefan ^b   Rieder, Philipp ^b   Heiber, Michael C ^c   Tvingstedt, Kristofer ^b,c   Dyakonov, Vladimir ^a,b  

^a BAVARIAN CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH ZAE BAYERN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

electronic trap states; methylammonium lead iodide perovskite; organometal halide perovskite solar cell; solar cell; thermally stimulated current

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; LEAD COMPOUNDS; PEROVSKITE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC TRAPS; HALIDE PEROVSKITES; LEAD IODIDE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PEROVSKITE LAYERS; THERMALLY STIMULATED CURRENT; VERY LOW TEMPERATURES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84935005970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00953     Document Type: Article

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