Electronic structure of CH3NH3PbX3 perovskites: Dependence on the halide moiety

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1818-1825

  Lindblad, Rebecka ^a   Jena, Naresh K ^b   Philippe, Bertrand ^a   Oscarsson, Johan ^a   Bi, Dongqin ^a   Lindblad, Andreas ^a   Mandal, Suman ^c   Pal, Banabir ^c   Sarma, D D ^c   Karis, Olof ^a   Siegbahn, Hans ^a   Johansson, Erik M J ^a   Odelius, Michael ^b   Rensmo, Ha˚kan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LEAD; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; SOLAR CELLS; VALENCE BANDS;

CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; HALIDE PEROVSKITES; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; INTRINSIC DIFFERENCES; STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; VALENCE BAND EDGES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84949117338     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp509460h     Document Type: Article

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