Polarization Dependence of Water Adsorption to CH3NH3PbI3 (001) Surfaces

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 4371-4378

  Koocher, Nathan Z ^a   Saldana Greco, Diomedes ^a   Wang, Fenggong ^a   Liu, Shi ^a,b   Rappe, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

hybrid perovskite; methylammonium lead iodide; moisture; stability; water adsorption

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEGRADATION; MOISTURE; MOLECULES; PEROVSKITE;

DEGRADATION MECHANISM; IMPLICIT SOLVATION MODELS; LEAD IODIDE; METHYLAMMONIUM CATIONS; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCE; SOLAR CELL MATERIALS; WATER ADSORPTION; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84946616213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01797     Document Type: Article

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