Spatially Non-uniform Trap State Densities in Solution-Processed Hybrid Perovskite Thin Films

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 715-721

  Draguta, Sergiu ^a   Thakur, Siddharatha ^a,b   Morozov, Yurii V ^a   Wang, Yuanxing ^a   Manser, Joseph S ^c,d   Kamat, Prashant V ^a,c,d   Kuno, Masaru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; PEROVSKITE; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

CRYSTALLINE DOMAINS; ELECTRONIC DISORDER; EMISSION QUANTUM YIELD; EXCITATION INTENSITY; FREE CARRIER RECOMBINATION; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION CHANNELS; PEROVSKITE THIN FILMS; SOLUTION PROCESSABILITY;

PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84958969844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02888     Document Type: Article

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