Texture of MAPbI3 Layers Assisted by Chloride on Flat TiO2 Substrates

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 34, 2015, Pages 19808-19816

  Pellegrino, Giovanna ^a   Colella, Silvia ^b   Deretzis, Ioannis ^a   Condorelli, Guglielmo G ^c   Smecca, Emanuele ^a   Gigli, Giuseppe ^b   La Magna, Antonino ^a   Alberti, Alessandra ^a  

^a CNR IMM   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SINGLE CRYSTALS; SUBSTRATES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GROWTH DIRECTIONS; LEAD IODIDE; STRUCTURAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; TIO;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84940497311     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b04496     Document Type: Article

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