Hybrid organic - Inorganic perovskites: Low-cost semiconductors with intriguing charge-transport properties

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Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Brenner, Thomas M ^a   Egger, David A ^a   Kronik, Leeor ^a   Hodes, Gary ^a   Cahen, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 85014068124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20588437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/natrevmats.2015.7     Document Type: Review

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