Organic–inorganic bismuth (III)-based material: A lead-free, air-stable and solution-processable light-absorber beyond organolead perovskites

Nano Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 692-702

  Lyu, Miaoqiang ^a   Yun, Jung Ho ^a   Cai, Molang ^b   Jiao, Yalong ^b   Bernhardt, Paul V ^a   Zhang, Meng ^a   Wang, Qiong ^a   Du, Aijun ^b   Wang, Hongxia ^b   Liu, Gang ^c   Wang, Lianzhou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

lead free; methylammonium bismuth (III) iodide; organic inorganic hybrid material; perovskite solar cells; single crystal

Indexed keywords

LEAD COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANOMETALLICS; PEROVSKITE; PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TEMPERATURE; TIN COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY;

BISMUTH(III); BISMUTH-BASED MATERIALS; INORGANIC HYBRIDS; LEAD-FREE; LOW TEMPERATURE SOLUTIONS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS; TRIVALENT METAL CATIONS;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84959463275     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0948-y     Document Type: Article

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