Comparison of Recombination Dynamics in CH3NH3PbBr3 and CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Films: Influence of Exciton Binding Energy

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 4688-4692

  Yang, Ye ^a   Yang, Mengjin ^a   Li, Zhen ^a   Crisp, Ryan ^a   Zhu, Kai ^a   Beard, Matthew C ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUGERS; BINDING ENERGY; BINS; EXCITONS; PEROVSKITE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

BIMOLECULAR RECOMBINATION; CARRIER RECOMBINATION; DIRECT-GAP SEMICONDUCTOR; EXCITON-BINDING ENERGY; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION; RECOMBINATION DYNAMICS; RECOMBINATION RATE CONSTANT; TRAP-ASSISTED RECOMBINATIONS;

RATE CONSTANTS;

CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; NANOPARTICLE; OXIDE; PEROVSKITE; TITANIUM;

CHEMISTRY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; LUMINESCENCE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TITANIUM;

EID: 84948952915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02290     Document Type: Article

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