Vibrational Properties of the Organic-Inorganic Halide Perovskite CH3NH3PbI3 from Theory and Experiment: Factor Group Analysis, First-Principles Calculations, and Low-Temperature Infrared Spectra

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 46, 2015, Pages 25703-25718

  Pérez Osorio, Miguel A ^a   Milot, Rebecca L ^a   Filip, Marina R ^a   Patel, Jay B ^a   Herz, Laura M ^a   Johnston, Michael B ^a   Giustino, Feliciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; LEAD; PEROVSKITE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POSITIVE IONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL PERTURBATION THEORY; FACTOR GROUP ANALYSIS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; LOW FREQUENCY REGIONS; NORMAL MODES OF VIBRATION; STATIC DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; VIBRATIONAL PROPERTIES;

VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84947968083     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b07432     Document Type: Article

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