Mechanical properties of APbX3 (A = Cs or CH3NH3; X = i or Br) perovskite single crystals

MRS Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 623-629

  Rakita, Yevgeny ^a   Cohen, Sidney R ^a   Kedem, Nir Klein ^a   Hodes, Gary ^a   Cahen, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CESIUM; DIGITAL STORAGE; ELASTIC MODULI; ORGANIC-INORGANIC MATERIALS; PEROVSKITE; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

CALCULATED VALUES; ELASTO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; HYBRID ORGANIC-INORGANIC; ION DIFFUSION; LITERATURE DATA; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; SELF-HEALING; SOLUTION-GROWN SINGLE-CRYSTAL;

MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

EID: 84943736499     PISSN: 21596859     EISSN: 21596867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2015.69     Document Type: Article

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