Charge carrier mobility in hybrid halide perovskites

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Motta, Carlo ^a   El Mellouhi, Fedwa ^b   Sanvito, Stefano ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

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EID: 84938630417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12746     Document Type: Article

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