CH3NH3PbCl3 Single Crystals: Inverse Temperature Crystallization and Visible-Blind UV-Photodetector

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 3781-3786

  Maculan, Giacomo ^a   Sheikh, Arif D ^a   Abdelhady, Ahmed L ^a,b   Saidaminov, Makhsud I ^a   Haque, Md Azimul ^a   Murali, Banavoth ^a   Alarousu, Erkki ^a   Mohammed, Omar F ^a   Wu, Tom ^a   Bakr, Osman M ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

hybrid perovskites; inverse temperature crystallization; optoelectronic devices

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CARRIER MOBILITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; INVERSE PROBLEMS; IODINE COMPOUNDS; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PEROVSKITE; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; INVERSE TEMPERATURES; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE FILM; QUALITY CRYSTALS; RETROGRADE SOLUBILITY; TRAP STATE DENSITY; UV PHOTODETECTORS;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 84942926048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01666     Document Type: Article

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