Identification of Potential Replacement Materials for Lead in CH3NH3PbI3 using First Principle Calculations

2015/05/06 by Choudhary, Kamal
#FOS: Physical sciences #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1505.01238

Abstract

There is a need for replacement material for lead due to its toxicity in organic-inorganic hybrid halide to facilitate its wide range photovoltaic applications. Here, first-principle calculations are used to screen some of the elements from the periodic table.

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