(CH3NH3)2Pb(SCN)2I2: A More Stable Structural Motif for Hybrid Halide Photovoltaics?

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 4594-4598

  Ganose, Alex M ^a,b   Savory, Christopher N ^a   Scanlon, David O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hybrid halide perovskite solar cells; MAPI; MAPSI; thiocyanate (SCN)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; LEAD; PEROVSKITE; PHASE SEPARATION; SOURCE SEPARATION;

HALIDE PEROVSKITES; HYBRID DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; LAYERED STRUCTURES; LONG TERM STABILITY; MAPI; MAPSI; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE; THIOCYANATE (SCN);

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84947738686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02177     Document Type: Article

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