Thin-Film Preparation and Characterization of Cs3Sb2I9: A Lead-Free Layered Perovskite Semiconductor

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 5622-5632

  Saparov, Bayrammurad ^a,b   Hong, Feng ^c,d   Sun, Jon Paul ^e   Duan, Hsin Sheng ^a   Meng, Weiwei ^c   Cameron, Samuel ^e   Hill, Ian G ^e   Yan, Yanfa ^c   Mitzi, David B ^a,b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^d SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; CESIUM; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTATION THEORY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DEPOSITION; ENERGY GAP; IONIZATION OF GASES; PEROVSKITE; PHASE INTERFACES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOIONIZATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; THIN FILMS; VALENCE BANDS;

ANTIBONDING INTERACTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION; DEPOSITION CONDITIONS; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; PEROVSKITE STRUCTURES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PEAK; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS; THIN-FILM DEPOSITIONS;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 84940055493     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b01989     Document Type: Article

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