Stabilizing Perovskite Structures by Tuning Tolerance Factor: Formation of Formamidinium and Cesium Lead Iodide Solid-State Alloys

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 284-292

  Li, Zhen ^a   Yang, Mengjin ^a   Park, Ji Sang ^a   Wei, Su Huai ^a,b   Berry, Joseph J ^a   Zhu, Kai ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BEIJING COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING; CALCULATIONS; CESIUM; CESIUM IODIDE; SOLAR CELLS; STABILIZATION;

FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HIGH-HUMIDITY ENVIRONMENT; ORTHORHOMBIC STRUCTURES; PEROVSKITE STRUCTURES; PHASE STABILIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS;

PEROVSKITE;

EID: 84954447853     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04107     Document Type: Article

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