Influence of the Synthetic Procedures on the Structural and Optical Properties of Mixed-Halide (Br, I) Perovskite Films

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 37, 2015, Pages 21304-21313

  Fedeli, Paolo ^a   Gazza, Francesco ^a,b   Calestani, Davide ^a   Ferro, Patrizia ^a   Besagni, Tullo ^a   Zappettini, Andrea ^a   Calestani, Gianluca ^a,c   Marchi, Enrico ^b   Ceroni, Paola ^b   Mosca, Roberto ^a  

^a IMEM CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MIXTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PEROVSKITE; SURFACE DEFECTS;

COMPOSITIONAL STABILITY; DIFFERENT PRECURSORS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION CHANNELS; RECOMBINATION CENTERS; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SUBBAND GAP ABSORPTION; SYNTHETIC PROCEDURES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84941770841     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b03923     Document Type: Article

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