Large-Size CH3NH3PbBr3 Single Crystal: Growth and in Situ Characterization of the Photophysics Properties

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2622-2628

  Zhao, Pengjun ^a,b   Xu, Jinbao ^a   Dong, Xiaoyu ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Ren, Wei ^a   Bian, Liang ^a   Chang, Aimin ^a  

^a XINJIANG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

hybrid perovskite solar cell; I V curve; piezoresponse force microscopy; scanning probe microscopy

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT SOURCES; PEROVSKITE; POLARIZATION; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

I - V CURVE; IN-SITU CHARACTERIZATION; INTEGRATED UTILIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY; POLARIZATION BEHAVIOR; POLARIZATION EFFECT; SURFACE CURRENT DISTRIBUTIONS;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 84947580705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01017     Document Type: Article

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