First-principles hybrid functional study of the organic-inorganic perovskites CH3NH3SnBr3 and CH3NH3SnI3

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 42, 2014, Pages 24383-24388

  Bernal, Camille ^a   Yang, Kesong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; PEROVSKITE; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BAND ALIGNMENTS; CELL ARCHITECTURES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; HYBRID FUNCTIONAL; ORGANIC CATIONS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC; STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES;

CALCULATIONS;

EID: 84949116586     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp509358f     Document Type: Article

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