Computational Screening of Homovalent Lead Substitution in Organic-Inorganic Halide Perovskites

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 166-173

  Filip, Marina R ^a   Giustino, Feliciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEAD; METAL HALIDES; METAL IONS; METALS; SOLAR CELLS; STABILITY CRITERIA;

COMBINATORIAL SEARCH; NON-TOXIC ELEMENT; ORGANIC-INORGANIC; PARTIAL REPLACEMENT; PEROVSKITE STRUCTURES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SCREENING PROCESS; SEARCH CRITERION;

PEROVSKITE;

EID: 84954449396     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b11845     Document Type: Article

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