Impact of anionic Br- substitution on open circuit voltage in lead free perovskite (CsSnI3-xBrx) solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1763-1767

  Sabba, Dharani ^a   Mulmudi, Hemant Kumar ^a   Prabhakar, Rajiv Ramanujam ^a   Krishnamoorthy, Thirumal ^a   Baikie, Tom ^a   Boix, Pablo P ^a   Mhaisalkar, Subodh ^a,b   Mathews, Nripan ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); HYBRID MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PEROVSKITE; SOLAR CELLS; TIN; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; HYBRID ORGANIC-INORGANIC; LEAD-FREE PEROVSKITES; NON-TOXIC MATERIALS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLUTION-PROCESSED;

BROMINE;

EID: 84949116649     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5126624     Document Type: Article

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