Artifacts in absorption measurements of organometal halide perovskite materials: What are the real spectra?

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 3466-3470

  Tian, Yuxi ^a   Scheblykin, Ivan G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SCATTERING;

ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; HALIDE PEROVSKITES; HYBRID ORGANIC-INORGANIC; LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES; MATERIALS FOR SOLAR CELLS; PEROVSKITE CRYSTAL; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROCESS;

PEROVSKITE;

EID: 84942602574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01406     Document Type: Review

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