Density functional studies of stoichiometric surfaces of orthorhombic hybrid perovskite CH3NH3PbI3

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1136-1145

  Wang, Yun ^a   Sumpter, Bobby G ^b   Huang, Jingsong ^b   Zhang, Haimin ^a   Liu, Porun ^a   Yang, Huagui ^a   Zhao, Huijun ^a,c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Center for Engineering Science Advanced Research   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; HYBRID MATERIALS; LEAD; PEROVSKITE; SOLAR CELLS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COULOMBIC INTERACTIONS; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL STUDY; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; ORGANIC/INORGANIC HYBRIDS; ORTHORHOMBIC PEROVSKITE; SOLAR CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SPATIAL ORIENTATIONS; STOICHIOMETRIC SURFACES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84949115659     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp511123s     Document Type: Article

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