Lead-Free MA2CuClxBr4-x Hybrid Perovskites

Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1044-1052

  Cortecchia, Daniele ^a,b   Dewi, Herlina Arianita ^b   Yin, Jun ^c   Bruno, Annalisa ^b,c   Chen, Shi ^c   Baikie, Tom ^b   Boix, Pablo P ^b   Grätzel, Michael ^d   Mhaisalkar, Subodh ^b,c   Soci, Cesare ^c   Mathews, Nripan ^b,c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84956672498     PISSN: 00201669     EISSN: 1520510X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b01896     Document Type: Article

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