Complex refractive index spectra of CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite thin films determined by spectroscopic ellipsometry and spectrophotometry

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 66-71

  Löper, Philipp ^a   Stuckelberger, Michael ^a   Niesen, Bjoern ^a   Werner, Jérémie ^a   Filipič, Miha ^b   Moon, Soo Jin ^c   Yum, Jun Ho ^c   Topič, Marko ^b   De Wolf, Stefaan ^a   Ballif, Christophe ^a,c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c CSEM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEROVSKITE; PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; COMPLEX REFRACTIVE INDEX; DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; ELLIPSOMETRIC SPECTRA; KRAMERS-KRONIG TRANSFORMATION; MODEL DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; PEROVSKITE THIN FILMS; VARIABLE ANGLE SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 84939214365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz502471h     Document Type: Article

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